Haynesville
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September 15, 2020
In a local Philadelphia TV interview, Democratic nominee Joe Biden told reporters “I will not ban fracing.” He failed to mention that his climate plan’s ban on drilling on federal property would go much further than a simple frac ban.
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September 04, 2020
Between Halliburton and Liberty Oilfield Services, hydraulic fracturing's two major players have fundamentally different field capabilities and technology ambitions. World Oil editors discuss how the differing strategies these two companies offer will change how operators will approach future shale project developments.
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September 03, 2020
“Customer demand has told us to grow at this pace, and then deals like this come to us,” Liberty CEO Chris Wright said in an interview after the deal was announced on Tuesday. “Our goal with this acquisition is to keep getting better, but to the extent we succeed at that, it probably leads to us being the leader sometime down the road.”
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November 27, 2019
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is doubling down on a forlorn corner of the U.S. shale patch, calling Louisiana’s Haynesville play the best for low-cost hydrocarbons and saying he’s hunting for more acreage there.
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June 10, 2019
Comstock Resources, Inc., and Covey Park Energy LLC have jointly announced that Comstock has entered into an agreement under which Comstock will acquire Covey Park in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $2.2 billion.
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January 04, 2019
Jobs in the Texas oil patch dropped for the first time in almost two years, according to the state’s workforce commission.
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September 09, 2018
In June 2018, natural gas production in the Haynesville shale formation, located in northeastern Texas and Louisiana, averaged 6.4 Bcfd, accounting for 8.5% of total U.S. dry natural gas production and the highest production from this region since September 2012.
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August 16, 2018
In June 2018, natural gas production in the Haynesville shale formation, located in northeastern Texas and Louisiana, averaged 6.35 Bcfd, accounting for 8.5% of the total U.S. dry natural gas production, Haynesville’s highest production level since November 2012.
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October 30, 2017
Recent increases in drilling activity and well production rates are raising natural gas production levels in the Haynesville region, according to EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Marketed natural gas production in Haynesville reached 6.9 Bcfd in September after remaining near 6.0 Bcfd for the previous three years.
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August 16, 2017
Rockcliff Energy has announced that, in addition to its pending acquisition of Samson's East Texas and North Louisiana properties, it has acquired approximately 60,000 net acres of Haynesville shale rights.
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June 01, 2017
A new U.S. Geological Survey study shows that unconventional oil and gas production in some areas of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas is not currently a significant source of methane or benzene to drinking water wells. These production areas include the Eagle Ford, Fayetteville, and Haynesville shale formations, which are some of the largest sources of natural gas in the country and have trillions of cubic feet of gas.
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May 16, 2017
A natural gas basin that helped kickstart the shale boom a decade ago is getting a new lease on life as the market recovers.
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May 09, 2017
Tokyo Gas America Ltd ., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., has acquired a 30% equity interest in Castleton Resources LLC (CR), a subsidiary of Castleton Commodities International LLC (CCI) formed to acquire and develop oil and gas assets in the East Texas/Louisiana region, with a specific focus on unconventional Haynesville assets.
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April 13, 2017
The Bossier and Haynesville Formations of the onshore and U.S. waters portion of the U.S. Gulf Coast contain estimated means of 4 billion bbl of oil, 304.4 Tcfg, and 1.9 billion bbl of natural gas liquids, according to updated assessments by the U.S. Geological Survey.
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February 16, 2017
Covey Park Energy, announced the closing of the acquisition of additional assets in the Haynesville shale area of north Louisiana from Chesapeake Exploration, and related companies for $465 million.
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January 10, 2017
Comstock Resources has entered into a joint development venture that will target the Haynesville shale.
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December 21, 2016
Chesapeake Energy has signed an agreement to sell a portion of the company's acreage and producing properties in its Haynesville shale operating area in northern Louisiana for approximately $465 million to an affiliate of Covey Park Energy LLC.
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December 06, 2016
Chesapeake Energy has signed an agreement to sell a portion of the company's acreage and producing properties in its Haynesville shale operating area, in northern Louisiana, for approximately $450 million to a private company.
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October 21, 2016
The era of the monster frac has arrived in North America, and Chesapeake Energy Corp. is singing its praises.
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September 29, 2016
The biggest reboot of U.S. oil and gas rigs in two years will gain traction as higher prices prompt producers to resume investment in the most profitable plays, according to a report by Platts RigData.
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March 24, 2016
Covey Park Gas LLC, a subsidiary of Dallas, Texas-based independent oil and gas company Covey Park Energy LLC, has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with subsidiaries of EP Energy Corporation to purchase all of EP Energy’s assets in the Haynesville and Bossier shales.
