Types of Wells

There are six (6) basic well types:

Wildcat Well
a well drilled far from known production in a setting which has no conventional prospectivity.

Exploratory Well
a well drilled outside the boundaries of a known reservoir.

Development Well
a well drilled within the boundaries of a known producing reservoir to increase the production in the field.

Offset Well
a type of development well that is drilled near a well that is producing or had previously been productive.