# Number of frack wells per section?
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/number-of-frack-wells-per-section/34794
**Category:** Yoakum County, TX
**Created:** [October 8, 2018, 10:03am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/number-of-frack-wells-per-section/34794 "2018-10-08T10:03:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@dogslobber](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/dogslobber)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2018, 10:03am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/number-of-frack-wells-per-section/34794/1 "2018-10-08T10:03:49Z")
I own some mineral interest in all of Section 418 (Yoakum County, Texas). It was undeveloped until February when a horizontal well started producing. The operators got permits for 2 more “development wells” in May. I was wondering if there is a limit to how many fracking wells are allowed in a section?
I notice some sections have at least 50 oil wells but those, I believe, are older vertical wells. It would seem that frack wells take up more room than regular wells.
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### Author:  [@bhiggins](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/bhiggins)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/number-of-frack-wells-per-section/34794/2 "2018-10-08T19:26:11Z")
Yes, there are limits. Limits by: geology/technology (frack-worthy rock, number of horizons with potential), regulatory (oil vs. gas, spacing, proration/allocation), leasehold (divided vs undivided, leased vs unleased, operator’s willingness & drilling program), capital (is it economical), and the list goes on. It’s a pretty complex question.
As a quick answer, you’d be hard pressed to see more than 5 or 6 horizontal wells per horizon and across a section. But again, it’s a loaded question with a lot of moving parts.
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### Author:  [@dogslobber](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/dogslobber)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/number-of-frack-wells-per-section/34794/3 "2018-10-08T23:19:09Z")
OK, thanks. As I keep learning, oil and gas is very complicated.
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### Author:  [@MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MRFAdmin_SV)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/number-of-frack-wells-per-section/34794/4 "2025-01-11T16:47:31Z")