# Timing to complete an oil well
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/timing-to-complete-an-oil-well/54961
**Category:** Pecos County, TX
**Created:** [January 16, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/timing-to-complete-an-oil-well/54961 "2020-01-16T22:21:52Z")
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### Author:  [@Sally73](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Sally73)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/timing-to-complete-an-oil-well/54961/1 "2020-01-16T22:21:52Z")
If a well is producing but not complete, how long does it take for the well to move to complete?
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/timing-to-complete-an-oil-well/54961/2 "2020-01-17T14:50:22Z")
A well cannot safely produce without being “completed” (most of the time). The well must have the proper protective casing, production liner and safety valves at the top (in simple terms). They may test a well for a few hours before final completion, but they will stop that and complete properly. The timing depends upon what type of well. A shallow vertical well will have a completely different set of requirements versus a two mile horizontal well. Also depends upon the seasonal weather and perhaps the pricing of the product. If you tell where you are, then you may get a more specific answer.
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### Author:  [@Steve\_Durrett](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Steve_Durrett)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/timing-to-complete-an-oil-well/54961/3 "2020-01-17T16:32:32Z")
Generally speaking, the phases of a well are, in order:
1. Permitting
2. Drilling
3. Completing
4. Producing
5. Plugging
A well that is producing has, by definition, already been completed. Sometimes the regulatory agency will still show a well as “Waiting on Completion” or “Completing” even after the well is producing, but that is just a lag in the paperwork.
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### Author:  [@Sally73](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Sally73)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/timing-to-complete-an-oil-well/54961/4 "2020-01-17T16:54:06Z")
Section 15 & 16 Block C2
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### Author:  [@Sally73](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Sally73)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/timing-to-complete-an-oil-well/54961/5 "2020-01-17T16:57:56Z")
They are located in Canyon Land 15-16 A & B 1WA 2 WA.
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/timing-to-complete-an-oil-well/54961/6 "2020-01-17T17:03:55Z")
Which state and county?
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### Author:  [@Sally73](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Sally73)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/timing-to-complete-an-oil-well/54961/7 "2020-01-17T17:25:40Z")
Pesos County, Texas. Midland it’s in Section 8.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/timing-to-complete-an-oil-well/54961/8 "2020-04-15T22:21:57Z")
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