Two of the most prolific tight gas reservoirs in the Green River Basin, the Frontier and the Mesaverde, are candidates for the application of horizontal well completion technology. Several horizontal completions have already been implemented in the Mesaverde as an alternative to vertical, hydraulically-fractured wells. The objective of the current project, however, was to apply the concept of horizontal and directional drilling to the Second Frontier Formation on the western flank of the Rock Springs Uplift in order to reduce the technical risks and economic uncertainty standing in the way of increased efficient industry development of this low permeability (tight) gas resource. The western GGRB area has not been tested with alternative completion technologies, and the blanket marine and lenticular fluvial reservoirs characteristic of the Second Frontier represent a prime candidate for a DOE demonstration project that would compare production improvements by drilling, completing and testing vertical, horizontal and directionally-drilled wells. Developing techniques to more efficiently improve exploitation efficiencies in the Second Frontier has potentially high rewards because the potential recoverable gas resource in the Deep Frontier is large, with gas-in-place ranging from 10 to 25 BCF per 640-acre section. Phases I and II of the project involved site characterization and the subsequent drilling of a vertical characterization well through the Second Frontier Formation. Information gained from the vertical well was used to further characterize the geology of the site, reservoir quality, natural fractures, stress directions, and gas productivity in order to evaluate the feasibility of implementing subsequent phases of the project (multiple lateral wellbores). Production and pressure data from the vertical well were also used in evaluating the potential effectiveness of a hydraulic fracture treatment.