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The cost to drill an oil well can vary. A conventional vertical well in central Canada can cost as low as $350,000, a horizontal well with hydraulic fracturing in North Dakota can be as high as $5,000,000 and an off-shore well in the Gulf of Mexico or the North Sea can be a $20 or $30 million monster.nce a well begins producing oil there are ongoing costs that include water disposal, trucking, storage and other various operating necessities. These are calculated as a cost per barrel and can varry as low as $15 and as high as $80 depending on where the well is located and what type of oil is being produced.
Most wells drilled for water, oil, natural gas, information or other subsurface objectives are vertical wells-drilled straight down into the earth. However, drilling at an angle other than vertical can obtain information, hit targets and stimulate reservoirs in ways that can not be achieved with a vertical well.he alternative would be to drill many wells, each requiring a drilling pad, pond, access road and gathering line. (C) Increase the length of the pay zone. If a vertical well is drilled through a 50-foot-thick reservoir rock then natural gas or oil can seep into the well through 50 linear feet of pay zone.