Anyone have an opinion on this? This is pertaining to any given reservoir bench. Take any given unit that has been developed, whether it's four, six, eight laterals. In the early days, eight was common and would be laterals every 660 feet. Now, you see a lot of units with 'only' four laterals, so, double that spacing. Whether, it's four, six or eight, do you think that it's possible that drainage of each lateral is or will be much less than originally thought? And that more laterals could be drilled between the existing laterals and extract enough 'more' gas to make such drilling profitable? Of course, a big price for natural gas would help. This is more pointed to geology and reservoir engineering. BTW... is bottom hole pressure even a factor in these gas shales? It's super tight, yes, but is BHP factor in at all?

This question could also be more targeted to those units that have fewer laterals per section, such as four, as opposed to eight. However, they are putting larger fracs on these wells with wider spacing. Just wonder how effective their fracs are to get all the gas and actually drain every acre (theoretically) in a section. Or... do companies actually discuss and plan for more infills down the road? I've never seen it discussed and it's probably not exactly a topic they would publicize.

From a mineral owner standpoint, from a drainage standpoint, I have thought that I'd rather have eight laterals/mile than four. (Yes, there are other considerations other than drainage.) From the operator's perspective, they'd rather have four, assuming that it does, indeed, drain the unit. Because they are paying for the drilling/completion.

Another question pertains to reservoir benches. Do you think that the Haynesville only has one bench? Same question for Bossier? I don't recall seeing a presentation where they touted multiple commercial benches within either the Haynesville or Bossier. The Haynesville and Bossier get lumped together sometimes when discussed but are actually different formations.

It would be interesting if someone did a dissertation on the stratigraphy of the Haynesville/Bossier complex now that thousands of wells have been drilled in these plays. And discuss benches! Or lack thereof.

Another interesting subject would be tieing in (or not) the Western Haynesville-Bossier play with the 'original' Haynesville-Bossier play. But that's really for another thread.