Matador Resources鈥� first two 2-mile U-turn-lateral tests in the Delaware Basin are outperforming adjacent 2-mile straight laterals in their first 11 months online, according to Texas state data.

Both U-laterals are in a development of 11 wells to date, about four miles north of Mentone, Texas, in Loving County.

The U-shaped JJ Wheat NW WF #2021H produced an average of 0.048 bbl/d per lateral foot through August, higher than the 0.038 bbl/d per foot to 0.043 bbl/d per foot averaged through August from four adjacent straight-lateral sticks.

Matador Resources’ first two 2-mile U-turn-lateral tests in the Delaware Basin are outperforming adjacent 2-mile straight laterals in their first 11 months online, according to Texas state data.

Both U-laterals are in a development of 11 wells to date, about four miles north of Mentone, Texas, in Loving County.

The U-shaped JJ Wheat NW WF #2021H produced an average of 0.048 bbl/d per lateral foot through August, higher than the 0.038 bbl/d per foot to 0.043 bbl/d per foot averaged through August from four adjacent straight-lateral sticks.