Chesapeake set two records at the end of 2018
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
In the final quarter of 2018, Chesapeake Energy set two records at Marcellus shale wells in northern Sullivan County in northeastern Pennsylvania, according to Kallanish Energy.
Chesapeake’s JOEGUSWA 4HC well had a lateral length of 13,803 feet and set a 24-hour initial production record of 62.6 million cubic feet per day (Mmcf/d)with a 2,600 per square inch flowing pressure, surpassing the current 24-hour initial production record from the McGavin well of roughly 61.8 Mmcf/d.
The company’s JOEGUSWA 5HC well, with a lateral length of 9,808 feet, set a 24-hour initial production record of 73.4 Mmcf/d at a 3,000 psi flowing pressure.
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Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.
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