That part of the country averages a year to 18 months to pay off your investment totally. Alaska Canada or parts of Wyoming can be as early as 2 to 4 months.
Wells are not free money either once they hit oil. If they don't have enough or good enough gas coming from them - ZLUS's well has little to none they stated - they require a fair amount of electricity to operate. Then you pay to transport it off. Plus any problems that need fixed. No real cost savings for ZLUS on that one because they aren't the operators.