# Does drilling or fracking come first?
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/does-drilling-or-fracking-come-first/64104
**Category:** Oil & Gas Field Operations
**Created:** [December 2, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/does-drilling-or-fracking-come-first/64104 "2021-12-02T15:26:23Z")
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### Author:  [@HGW](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/HGW)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/does-drilling-or-fracking-come-first/64104/1 "2021-12-02T15:26:24Z")
I got a response from the oil company that some wells are “currently drilling” and some are “waiting on frac”.
I’m trying to figure out which comes first:
Are the “currently drilling” wells further along the process to production, or the “waiting on frac” wells further along?
I googled this but couldn’t figure it out. Thanks to anybody who can clarify.
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### Author:  [@TODD\_M\_Baker](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TODD_M_Baker)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/does-drilling-or-fracking-come-first/64104/2 "2021-12-02T16:02:09Z")
Wells are drilled, then frac’d. Then turned over to production.
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### Author:  [@HGW](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/HGW)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/does-drilling-or-fracking-come-first/64104/4 "2021-12-02T23:16:33Z")
Great, thank you so much!
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### Author:  [@Roy](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Roy)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/does-drilling-or-fracking-come-first/64104/5 "2021-12-03T00:09:11Z")
Sometimes fracking follows drilling promptly, but other times, operators drill a well, then defer fracking until some future date, e.g., higher commodity prices, capital expenditure timing etc. Such wells are called “Drilled Uncompleted” and known as **DUC** s. A **DUC** might get fracked two months later, two years later, or occasionally longer if perhaps the operator decides that DUC well might prove to be uneconomic.
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### Author:  [@HGW](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/HGW)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/does-drilling-or-fracking-come-first/64104/6 "2021-12-03T12:14:02Z")
Ok, good to know, thank you.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/does-drilling-or-fracking-come-first/64104/7 "2022-03-02T15:27:21Z")
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