Lafayette, Louisiana will start converting its fleet of buses and public works vehicles to natural gas. Much of that gas will likely come from the Haynesville Shale. More at the Daily Comet.

An article in TheNewsStar.com reports on a 42-inch pipeline being built by Energy Transfer Partners across Northern Louisiana to carry natural gas produced from the Haynesville Shale to eastern markets.

Energy Transfer Partners is building pipelines in Texas and Louisiana to carry natural gas produced from the Haynesville Shale. More in an article at UPI.com.

An abundance of natural gas in the Louisiana-Texas-Arkansas area has prompted Cheniere Energy to consider building the first LNG (liquefied natural gas) export terminal in the conterminous United States. More at Businessweek.com

Goodrich Petroleum is buying acres in the Eagle Ford and Haynesville Shale gas plays. More at Reuters.

The agenda for the Shale Gas Drilling & Completions 2010 conference to be held May 26-27 is now online. The conference will “deliver key insight into applying cutting-edge drilling and completions techniques used throughout diverse shale projects in the US & Canada. Leading shale producers will share real life examples of their drilling and completions success and challenges – including experience from the Barnett, Haynesville, Horn River, Marcellus, Woodford and Fayetteville shale plays.”

How long will the new natural gas shale plays be producing gas? 20 years? 40? More? This topic was discussed at IHS CERA conference last week in Houston. Some believe that they will be producing gas for a long time.

The Financial Times website has an article titled: Louisiana’s Shale Gas Bonanza. It describes how a gas shale rush, lease and royalty income, and other opportunities related to the development of the Haynesville Shale have changed some parts of rural Louisiana.

The Shale Gas Drilling & Completions 2010 conference will be held in Houston, Texas on May 26 through May 28, 2010. The conference will deliver “key insight into applying cutting-edge drilling and completions techniques used throughout diverse shale projects in the US & Canada. Leading shale producers will share real life examples of their drilling and completions success and challenges – including experience from the Barnett, Haynesville, Horn River, Marcellus, Woodford and Fayetteville shale plays.” Quoted from the conference website.

An article in the New York Times reports that members of the House Energy and Commerce panel will examine Exxon Mobil’s plans to acquire significant acreage in the Marcellus, Haynesville and Barnett gas shale plays as part of a deal with XTO Energy. Exxon is concerned about future regulations that will limit the use of hydraulic fracturing to develop these assets.

Devon Energy announced that one of their Haynesville Shale wells in East Texas had an initial flow of 31 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. This might be the highest initial flow from the Haynesville. Read more about the well at NASDAQ.com

An article at Bnet.com reports that Chesapeake Energy has an aggressive budget for 2009/2010 for exploration and production.

In a news release, Chesapeake Energy reports that they hold over 510,000 net acres in the Haynesville Shale gas play and are the largest leaseholder. They are the most active driller in the play with 29 rigs and expect to be producing 275 mmcfe of natural gas per day net by the end of 2009. Their estimated average yield per well is 6.5 bcfe.

“The U.S. Department of Energy announces the release of Modern Shale Gas Development in the United States: A Primer. The Primer provides regulators, policy makers, and the public with an objective source of information on the technology advances and challenges that accompany deep shale gas development.” Quoted from fossil.energy.gov. Download the .pdf

Ziff Energy Group has a press release on their website predicting that unconventional gas plays now active across North America will account for 53% of the continent’s gas production by 2020.