As the fire burns, it moves through the reservoir toward production wells.
The shale oil is extracted by separate dedicated production wells.
There is program to add three new production wells.
In a typical configuration, a single injection well is surrounded by multiple production wells.
Twenty-four production wells are to be placed on the platform.
This brings the number of completed production wells on field to eleven.
Separate production wells are used to bring the product gas to surface.
From 1917 until today, only 229 exploration and production wells were drilled in the region's 1.5 million square miles.
In 1992 there were 1,100 active production wells, along with 57 injection wells.
Western section of the field includes 18 production wells.