Vertical Well vs. Horizontal Well

I've been following the Indigo Well 31 and just found out this well is a vertical well. Why would someone drill a vertical well in the Haynesville and how does a vertical compare to a horizontal in terms of output?
JnP

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on December 21, 2009 at 17:17
Jeff. We need a serial number or s-t-r to review the well file.
Permalink Reply by JeffNParis on December 21, 2009 at 17:46
Unfortunately I can't find it. It is supposed to be in S31 T16 R15.
I've found it before but for some reason Sonris isn't cooperating!
Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on December 21, 2009 at 18:58
JNP, I am not sure why you think this a vertical well. The Indigo Minerals 31 #H1 is a horizontal Haynesville Shale well.
Permalink Reply by JeffNParis on December 22, 2009 at 1:50
Les B,
Oh...well, the lady in the division orders department of Cheasapeake told me that yesterday. Apparently she was wrong. Didn't make sense to me. Sorry for the confusion but I couldn't find it on Sonris and still can't. Do you happen to have the well serial # Les?
Thanks,
JnP
Permalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on December 22, 2009 at 10:01
The serial # is 239623
Permalink Reply by JeffNParis on December 22, 2009 at 12:14
Thanks Spring Branch!
Permalink Reply by Brian Lively on December 22, 2009 at 8:47
It could be a Cotton Valley well instead of a Haynesville. I think they acquired interest in some Chesapeake Fields where Chesapeake retained the deep rights including the Haynesville.
Permalink Reply by CLEW on December 22, 2009 at 15:06
If it was drilled by Indigo minerals than it is a vertical haynesville. They are drilling and completing the haynesville shale, cotton valley, and hosston sands. they are selling the haynesville up the tubing for chesapeake so they can retain the leases and selling the cotton valley and hosston up the backside for themselves. Its something they worked out with chesapeake. I have perferated several wells for indigo in the longstreet area south of keatchi
Permalink Reply by JeffNParis on December 22, 2009 at 15:17
Ah....another clue CLEW! Thanks. So will the vertical haynesville be converted to a horizontal by Chesapeake? They can't really get much gas out of a vertical can they?
Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on December 22, 2009 at 17:22
Clew, the well was drilled by Chesapeake in the Johnson Branch Field as a horizontal Haynesville Shale producer.
Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on December 22, 2009 at 17:18
Brian, the referenced well is a horizontal Haynesville Shale well rather than Cotton Valley.
Permalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on December 22, 2009 at 21:57
Rather than speculate on what the well might be, it would seem that folks would take the time to see what the well actually is before commenting, as Les B. has done

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