Hi Plough, Nope it is not horizontal drilling. I'll refer you...

Hi Plough,

Nope it is not horizontal drilling. I'll refer you back to an old announcement by AKK, who by the way completed the first deviated well bore into the Pierre shale

AKK-drills-deviated-wellbore-Pierre-shale

my bolding

"The 081#4 well was successfully drilled without any mechanical issues and reached its targeted measured depth of 4,210 ft. The well was drilled through the Pierre at a deviated angle of approximately 35 degrees, which was designed to maximize to the amount of fractures that are intersected during drilling"

Good luck!!!!