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Horizontal Wells are Costly
May 24, 2012 | Denver Post

An article in the Denver Post discusses horizontal wells being drilled by Nobel Energy in the Niobrara Formation of Colorado. The wells go horizontal for about 9000 feet and cost about $8 million each.


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