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Fayetteville Shale Activity is Falling

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:12:19 +0000

Rig counts in the Fayetteville Shale of Arkansas have fallen to their lowest level in six years.

Haynesville Deceleration

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:36:39 +0000

Four years ago the Haynesville Shale began generating lots of jobs and income for northern Louisiana. Now many companies are redirecting their activities from dry gas to areas where natural gas liquids and oil can be produced from shale – walking away from the boom areas that previously experienced rapid growth.

How Some Drillers Are Responding to Low Natural Gas Prices

admin — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:42:20 +0000

An article in The Advocate explores who Encana Corporation and other natural gas drillers are responding to natural gas falling nearly $10 per thousand cubic feet since 2008.

Declining Royalty Payments from Natural Gas Wells

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:55:34 +0000

Many property owners are very surprised when the royalties that they receive from a natural gas well on their property decline sharply. They are learning about production decline curves.

Irrational Natural Gas Prices?

admin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:01:15 +0000

Lots of factors contribute to the natural gas prices paid by residential customers. Long term contracts and distant supply sources can hold residential prices high even though natural gas is locally in abundance. Residential customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Texas are paying above average rates for their natural gas.

Fayetteville Shale: Shallow and Fractures Easily

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:09:19 +0000

An article on TheCityWire.com website reports on a presentation given by Mike Yeager, an executive with BHP Billiton. He explains why the company was attracted to invest in the Fayetteville Shale of Arkansas.

How Natural Gas is Taxed in 19 Different States

admin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:18:21 +0000

The Marshall University Center for Business and Economic Research has prepared: Taxation of Natural Gas: A Comparative Analysis. This publication reviews the many methods of taxing natural gas 19 different states. You might be surprised at how many ways natural gas is being taxed.

The Brown Dense Shale of Louisiana and Arkansas

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 05:09:50 +0000

Southwestern Energy has leased 460,000 net acres in the Upper Jurassic Brown Dense Shale, a potential unconventional horizontal oil play that straddles the border between southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana.

Recycling Fayetteville Shale Frack Water

admin — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:15:34 +0000

Dealing with the waste water from hydraulic fracturing is a problem. A Canadian company working in Arkansas has plans to treat Fayetteville Shale waste water and recycle it for continued drilling.

Arkansas: Waste Water Injection and Earthquakes

admin — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:20:23 +0000

An injection well used to dispose of waste water produced by natural gas drilling in the Fayetteville Shale of Arkansas was thought to be causing hundreds of small earthquakes. The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission voted to close the disposal well but continue to allow injection activities associated with hydraulic fracturing process.

Arkansas: Natural Gas Severance Tax Act of 2012

admin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:54:31 +0000

Arkansas has two significant natural gas plays in the Haynesville and Fayetteville Shales. A proposal to significantly increase the natural gas severance tax to 7% has some companies threatening to drill in other states.

Arkansas Governor Beebe Addresses Natural Gas Issues

admin — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:19:50 +0000

Governor Mike Beebe of Arkansas answers questions related to natural gas drilling causing earthquakes, environmental problems and economic damage within the State of Arkansas.

More on the Guy, Arkansas Earthquake Swarm

admin — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:18:32 +0000

We recently posted a video about the earthquake swarm near Guy, Arkansas. Now the NewYorkTimes has an article titled: “A Dot on the Map, Until the Earth Started Shaking”.

Chesapeake Energy Selling Fayetteville Shale Asset

admin — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:05:56 +0000

An article on the ABCNews site reports that Chesapeake Energy hopes to sell $5 billion in assets during calendar year 2012. Included in the sale are all of Chesapeake’s holdings in the Fayetteville Shale in Arkansas.