[kapnap]

Incredibly false.

A typical "large" rig will need a 100m x 100m drill pad, roads to access which are often highly controlled during the design phase.

A drilling rig will remain on location for MAYBE 30-40 days if it is a deep well (2000m-7000m).

A completions rig (aka service rig) will come out afterwards to complete the well (install downhole equipment / frac / get the well ready for production). Lease may be a bit bigger if large frac. Been a drilling engineer for 15+ years so haven't really seen too many fracs.

[gumby]

I don’t like oil drilling but even without your experience it’s clear GP’s assertion is nonsense. There are still oil wells all over Los Angeles in parking lots and tucked between buildings, which is a contradicting existence proof.

I can imagine in a big oil field like in Midland, TX they have a lot of sprawling operations that take up a lot of room. But that doesn’t have to be the only way.

[jeffbee]

Even the drill site in Beverly Hills on W. Pico is 2 acres. But the wildlife impact of drilling for oil in Beverly Hills is zero, whereas the wildlife impact of drilling for oil in the middle of nowhere is higher.

[CapitalistCartr]

So 2-1/2 acres plus roads, instead of 5 acres, and you address how long, which OP didn't mention, in no way disputing him. Not a basis for leading with "incredibly false."

[kapnap]

Perhaps you are correct - I had hectares in my mind for some reason while reading his original comment. My bad.

[jeffbee]

Seriously, every hole results in an eventual dump, tank, yard, road, or some other dang thing and the net land wrecked per operation is five acres.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/sKfYNokGcidWLGTQ7

[itsoktocry]

>So 2-1/2 acres plus roads, instead of 5 acres

Just an exaggeration of 100%, no big deal?