# Horizontal Drilling Activity
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-drilling-activity/63258
**Category:** Reeves County, TX
**Created:** [September 15, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-drilling-activity/63258 "2021-09-15T11:25:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@ledp](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/ledp)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-drilling-activity/63258/1 "2021-09-15T11:25:33Z")
Any actual drilling going on in Sections 11, 14 and 24 Block 51 T8S Reeves County, Texas?
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### Author:  [@Clint\_Liles](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Clint_Liles)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-drilling-activity/63258/2 "2021-09-15T14:38:44Z")
No sure about the ‘actual drilling’ but Chevron has 10 approved permits for wells beginning in Section 11 and ending in Section 14…those wells were approved in April and May 2021. I see no activity or permits for Section 24.
[http://webapps2.rrc.state.tx.us/EWA/drillingPermitDetailAction.do?methodToCall=searchByUniversalDocNo&universalDocNo=494120792&rrcActionMan=H4sIAAAAAAAAAL1RwWrDMAz9mu5oLKctyUGHMLrz2pX1EHpwE5ManDjIDtvAHz8lY9ClO\_cmPT0\_vScnkBJVAgkIT0R1WUfr-0NNTSXPOOMf5qKHISjBYxGijkbETzGGVVbmkhkKV-pldyq5zKayIeuc7dtXQ52NYT8a-vqRFY1n0ho7E6–Ofpn7RwDGyQTR-qP\_s1oqq8M5Sjv3FRhnpbUBjFo0t27dqOZTbKHLC-yAoopCgteTGv7cLJxEmO1Pz2oRX\_LX6yFxx0h\_Ibf4qBbQzch\_70InKslbzKLkBSCTBl\_6xpl2jCwZeD-9UPu-Q1f1VAwYQIAAA](http://webapps2.rrc.state.tx.us/EWA/drillingPermitDetailAction.do?methodToCall=searchByUniversalDocNo&universalDocNo=494120792&rrcActionMan=H4sIAAAAAAAAAL1RwWrDMAz9mu5oLKctyUGHMLrz2pX1EHpwE5ManDjIDtvAHz8lY9ClO_cmPT0_vScnkBJVAgkIT0R1WUfr-0NNTSXPOOMf5qKHISjBYxGijkbETzGGVVbmkhkKV-pldyq5zKayIeuc7dtXQ52NYT8a-vqRFY1n0ho7E6--Ofpn7RwDGyQTR-qP_s1oqq8M5Sjv3FRhnpbUBjFo0t27dqOZTbKHLC-yAoopCgteTGv7cLJxEmO1Pz2oRX_LX6yFxx0h_Ibf4qBbQzch_70InKslbzKLkBSCTBl_6xpl2jCwZeD-9UPu-Q1f1VAwYQIAAA)
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### Author:  [@DonFromTexas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DonFromTexas)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-drilling-activity/63258/3 "2021-09-15T18:19:21Z")
Question from a dummy: Why would they drill that fan shaped pattern, when it would seem to make more sense to make them parallel. Aren’t they missing out on a lot of oil up in the vicinity of the well heads?
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### Author:  [@Clint\_Liles](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Clint_Liles)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-drilling-activity/63258/4 "2021-09-15T18:30:23Z")
Economics…and by using the same pad they are not destroying so much surface land…and those open spaces can be infilled at a later date…I’m sure they have a plan to get as much of the oil/gas as possible.
DRILL BABY DRILL
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### Author:  [@DonFromTexas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DonFromTexas)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-drilling-activity/63258/5 "2021-09-15T18:52:45Z")
Makes sense I guess, thanks. I have a couple of wells that are parallel to each other and they were drilled from the same pad. I think they went East and West then turned South in order to get the full length of two sections with parallel horizontals.
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### Author:  [@Dusty1](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Dusty1)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-drilling-activity/63258/6 "2021-09-16T02:43:52Z")
The shape of the laterals RRC shows on their map match the general direction but not the actual path of the horizontal legs of the wells. If you look at the plat the operator filed with the permit application you’ll see that when the vertical hole reaches the programmed depth they typically make a turn before starting the lateral section so the horizontal sections of wells that appear to fan out from the same drill site actual run parallel.
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### Author:  [@DonFromTexas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DonFromTexas)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-drilling-activity/63258/7 "2021-09-16T17:07:53Z")
Thank you so much. This clears it up nicely.
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### Author:  [@CecilC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/CecilC)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-drilling-activity/63258/8 "2021-09-21T21:37:18Z")
Alot of times, when they actually drill the laterals will go out then down. These lines are just drawn from the pad site to bottom hole location.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-drilling-activity/63258/9 "2021-12-14T11:25:34Z")
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