[QUOTE=DDdon;41273]Oh, Mike, trust me, I know horizontal. I drill horizontal wells all the time. I’ve been in this game long enough - over 30 years - to remember when Horizontal Drilling was a new concept. Mike, as my mother used to say to me “Don’t try to teach your grandmother how to suck eggs”. Hope you understand the metaphor.[/QUOTE]
Your comment (#5447) was thus -" A ‘new’ well is drilled from the top of the cement plug - NOT from surface" replying to my post (#5444) where I said, “They got stuck, capped that well and MMS gave BP permission to drill [B]horizontally[/B] and then down to the oil” which is why I (#5448) suggested you look up “horizontal”.
Nice to know your family aren’t egg suckers.
Edited to add post numbers.