By contrast, the lime formation now underneath much of Kansas is thinner and tends to undulate, experts say. That makes it more difficult to find the “sweet spot” of oil when the horizontal lateral off the well is drilled.
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North west of Kansas Missippi lime formation in colorado is a the Niobrara formation. Its out on the plains east of denver. It runs north. The Oil companies have called it it quits there several times. But someone keeps finding a sweet spot. Formation seems to have a rolling pattern that appears and disappears that may be superficially similiar to that seen in Kansas. Certainly, that the oil men have mastered the complexity of the niobrara wattenberg formation in colorado suggests that they may be able to break the code in the Monterrey basin. If they can do that — they certainly return to Kansas in big numbers.
The main problem in Monterrey (politics aside) is fractures. It is a far different production problem than undulations.