"It's a monster!" Chesapeake CEO Aubrey McClendon said, referring to his company's seventh natural gas well drilled into the Barnett Shale formation in Texas.
The Arlington, Texas, well--which is called "Day Kimball Hill #A1"--produced an average of almost 13 million cubic feet of natural gas per day in October, according to The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, making it one of the most productive of the 92,000+ active gas wells in the state.
As the newspaper reported, the well is producing 71 times more natural gas than the average gas well in Texas. And according to Chesapeake's Operations Manager Dave Leopold, the well is likely to continue producing for more than 50 years.
The well was brought on line using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, a process that fractures the underground... more »
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