# Wattenberg Infill
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wattenberg-infill/19818
**Category:** Weld County, CO
**Created:** [November 6, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wattenberg-infill/19818 "2012-11-06T15:45:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@John\_Davids](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/John_Davids)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wattenberg-infill/19818/1 "2012-11-06T15:45:57Z")
Thank you to all that give their experience and advice.
Reviewing documents I’ve noticed “Wattenberg Infill” as part of the oil firm’s definition of our region, T7N/S23 & 24. I’ve Googled and searched the forum but can’t locate a definition of what this is, production estimates, or value association. Any help or direction you can send me in would be appreciated.
Thank you very much, John
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### Author:  [@michelle\_Smith](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/michelle_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wattenberg-infill/19818/2 "2012-11-06T21:43:08Z")
John, that just means that the producing field is Wattenberg and your acreage is in an area they would be doing “infill” drilling to recover maximum reserves.
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### Author:  [@John\_Davids](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/John_Davids)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wattenberg-infill/19818/3 "2012-11-07T23:01:36Z")
Thanks Michelle,
If I understand, after finding a good producing well they go around and place smaller units to tap residuals, could be many units, reaching easy reserves but producing small qty’s for a long time - kind of like tilting the keg at the end of party. If I may, 1) Does horizontal drilling play effect on infill drilling 2) If you’ve got 160 gross, 16 net, and 10% royalty, how does payment get figured if a rig is placed on a 5 acre plot in any portion of the gross? (I rounded everything for computation ease).
I know these are far off from the original question but I find all of this very interesting.
Thanks again for your initial response, John
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### Author:  [@michelle\_Smith](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/michelle_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wattenberg-infill/19818/4 "2012-11-08T16:31:43Z")
Dear John,
Your interest is based on the spacing unit that is approved by the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission. Most horizontal wells are currently on a 640 acre spacing unit. So any well drilled in that spacing unit you would have your proportionately reduced interest in. 16 net acres/640 spacing unit X your royalty percentage to figure out your interest. The beauty of the new drilling techniques is that multiple wells can be drilled from a single well pad to drain the reserves which lessens the surface impact.
Hope that is helpful.
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### Author:  [@John\_Davids](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/John_Davids)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wattenberg-infill/19818/5 "2012-11-08T19:37:58Z")
Thanks again, Michelle-
I love learning about things!
John
michelle Smith said:
Dear John,
Your interest is based on the spacing unit that is approved by the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission. Most horizontal wells are currently on a 640-acre spacing unit. So any well drilled in that spacing unit you would have your proportionately reduced interest in. 16 net acres/640 spacing unit X your royalty percentage to figure out your interest. The beauty of the new drilling techniques is that multiple wells can be drilled from a single well pad to drain the reserves which lessens the surface impact.
Hope that is helpful.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wattenberg-infill/19818/6 "2018-08-15T03:15:38Z")