A well site is at 4000' in elevation, the bore is proposed to sink 9000' into the ground and enter a production zone. The horizontal pipe is bored through the production zone north from the entry point and is to stop 660' south of the north section line 4000' more or less north of the entry point.
The drilling company wants coordinates to create a plan to make all this happen.
The well plat shows surface distances and coordinates are given in State Plane which is at sea level. How much error is there 4000' below sea level with SPC coordinates and would it cause the end pipe to stop too close to the section line and does it mean anything at those depths anyway? Can anyone really check those underground locations. I've been told they can but I'm skeptical. The elevation scale factor is simple enough to calculate 9000/20906000x4000'=1.7'.