The paper examines applications of the technology of compacting the well grid by drilling small-diameter wells in oil-containing layer N and identifies its influence on the oil recovery factor. The effectiveness of the results of grid drilling using small-diameter wells in oil-recoverable reservoir N and an increase in the efficiency of developing the oil-saturated layer by compaction of the existing development grid by drilling small-diameter wells are analyzed. Research methods used are the methods of systems analysis, mathematical modeling; mathematical programming, mathematical statistics, cluster analysis, numerical methods, computational experiments; database design theory.