Mewbourne has applied for a 3-mile horizontal as stated above; Plum Creek 14-26 DM #1HT.
I don’t know of any 3-mile wells in Roger Mills County. From surfing the web regarding differences between 2-mile and 3-mile; for the 3-mile I’ve seen lower initial production but less monthly decline meaning overall lifetime production is close but perhaps about 5-15% less per lateral ft.
Curious to know if anyone has knowledge regarding 3-mile laterals production. Has technology improved to help level even out the production differences. I’m happy to have an oil well coming, but curious to know more.
Thanks
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Also, depth is set for 27,500’ and says Tonkawa formation, not the Cherokee. I’m not too familiar with well depths, but I thought the overall Roger Mills hype was in the Cherokee. Is this planned to be a gas well over an oil well? Is this a different strategy than normal?
Operators are extending their reach to three and four-mile laterals across the country. I know of at least six three-mile permits in Roger Mills and Custer.
The performance varies depending upon completion techniques and the reservoirs. Generally, the economic savings from not having to drill extra vertical sections of more shorter length wells makes the longer wells look good from the operator side. There is some friction loss from the longer lengths in some cases and a bit more mechanical difficulty on the frac, but having that extra section drilled versus not having it drilled at all is a win for the all royalty owners. The revenue from the extra thousands of feet of perforations is a good thing for the royalty owners. Time will tell on these extra long wells as they are fairly new and technology is improving as the operators learn more.
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I think I answered my own question regarding depth and formation. Read that the “estimated total depth” is the total length of the wellbore, nor vertical depth. It’s the combination of vertical depth and horizontal length. Putting the well at 12,000’ vertical depth targeting the Cherokee. Much better
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I don’t see the permit listed on the OCC just yet, but it should be out shortly. The Tonkawa is a reservoir above the Cherokee and is younger. That area has many stacked pays, so could be going for any one of them but the Cherokee and Red Fork are the main ones right now.
The hearing for this cause application is July 6th.
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I found the case 2026-002363. Here is the well path. It is listed as the Tonkawa. The permit has not been filed as the case has not been heard yet.
Notice how the well is lined up on the far west side of the sections. The first horizontal well will hold all of the sections by production if successful. It also leaves froom for infill wells down the road. That is why that first lease or pooling is so important for the future!
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Thanks! How do you find this info. I got the location map with the cause application announcement in the mail, but for the life of me I can’t find it on the occ webpage. I google how to do it and everything and get nothing.
The Amelia 21/9 by Mewbourne(started production about a year ago) in north Roger Mills is a 3-mile horizontal that I’d been keeping my eyes on, but didn’t realize it was spaced at 1,920 acres. If my understanding is correct they’re already drilling the Amelia 9-21, a stacked lateral at a different depth which I haven’t seen them try in Roger Mills yet. I’m not positive though. Could be an infill well at same depth. Production should be listed soon. Active in April.
The cases are under the Electronic Case file option. I use the blue option to type in the case number and then for the multi unit cases, you have to scroll to the bottom of the case to see the map.
