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Sure. It all depends on the geology of the particular oilfield the well is tapping, and how much money the well owner is willing to invest in increasing production. Similarly, there are vertical wells that have been fractured.

I don’t have the knowledge to get any more detailed, unfortunately — This is all secondhand from some oil industry software engineers.




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