Record lateral drilled in Permian Basin

A record-setting lateral measuring 3.4 miles in length has been drilled in the Permian Basin. Basic Energy Services, Inc., a firm with operations throughout Oklahoma’s STACK and SCOOP plays announced this week the record was set by one of its high-spec, 24-hour rig and equipment packages.

The well was drilled in Wolfcamp A for Surge Energy US Holdings Company.

Rig #1826, based in Big Spring, Texas, along with a bundled Basic high-spec ancillary equipment package successfully drilled out frac plugs over a total horizontal displacement of 17,935 feet (3.4 miles). To date, this well marks the longest known lateral completed in the Permian Basin.

Rig #1826, a high-spec, 600-horsepower Taylor well servicing unit, coupled with Basic’s twin 2,250 horsepower pumps and high-performance ancillary equipment, completed the drill-out of the Medusa Unit C 28-09 3AH safely and efficiently in six days.

 

Basic Energy Services provides well site services essential to maintaining production from the oil and gas wells within its operating areas. Basic’s operations are managed regionally and are concentrated in major United States onshore oil-producing regions located in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Wyoming, North Dakota, California and Colorado.

Its operations are focused in liquids-rich basins that have historically exhibited strong drilling and production economics in recent years. It has significant presence in the Permian Basin, Powder River Basin, SCOOP/STACK, Denver-Julesburg Basin, and the Bakken and Eagle Ford shales.