Initial gas,albeit a tiny amount,began flowing from the Preston New Road well in Lancashire,U.K.,in November-the very first horizontal well and hydraulic completion performed in the kingdom.Cuadrilla Resources Ltd.drilled the well into the Lower Bowland Shale at 8,000 meters vertical depth and 800 meters laterally.The well was drilled in April and”a small section of the shale”fractured in October.
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