RE: RE: RE: How long to drill and complete "Any ballpark figures on how far into the drilling process it will take before they know what they got with this well?"
We need a look at the drilling program to answer that. They could drill vertically to measure pay thickness through the zones then come above the zone to then sidetrack to go horizontal through the pay, length of horizontal section being key to reservoir potential. Then again, they may have that information from seismic and/or the nearby well and just go directionally to the zone. In the final analysis, exposed section of the pay zone of the well, cased hole and fracturing, production testing, will tell the tale