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Horizontal well

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-001002

A subset of directional wells, where the wellbore orientation deviates more than 80 degrees from vertical. Horizontal wells are currently the most common well type drilled in the United States.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-001002
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-001002",
  "term": "Horizontal well",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "A subset of directional wells, where the wellbore orientation deviates more than 80 degrees from vertical. Horizontal wells are currently the most common well type drilled in the United States.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/horizontal-well/"
}

Record 1,002 of 2,515 in Energy terminology (MLC-0117). Request the full dataset.