ECLIPSE Resources has drilled what it believes is the longest horizontal well ever in the US shale sector, which could help the Appalachian independent lower its development costs in the Utica Shale play.
Pennsylvania-based Eclipse drilled the Purple Hayes well in Guernsey County, Ohio, in the wet-gas window of the Utica shale to a total depth of more than 27,000 feet, including a lateral length of 18,544 feet.
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