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Eclipse drills record-setting well

DRILLING technology firm Halliburton has pushed the bounds of the possible even further, drilling what is understood to be the longest horizontal onshore lateral ever completed in the US at a staggering 8243m, including a5638m lateral.

Haydn Black

The well, which was fracced over the entire horizontal leg, was drilled with Pennsylvania-based Eclipse Resources Corporation. Drilling of the well took a mere 18 days at a cost of $US853 per foot, the...

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