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65% of US Natural Gas from Five States

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:28:10 +0000

The leading states for natural gas production during 2011 were: Texas, Louisiana, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Together they produced 65% of US natural gas.

Shifting Away from the Haynesville Shale

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:49:44 +0000

For the past four years the Haynesville Shale has generated economic growth in parts of Louisiana. Declines in natural gas prices have drillers moving their rigs to more profitable targets.

Sabine Pass LNG Export Facility

admin — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:09:10 +0000

An article on the CNN Money website gives an update on construction of the first liquefied natural gas export facility to be built in the lower 48 states.

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.

Economic Benefits from the Haynesville Shale

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:23:07 +0000

An article on the NOLA.com website reports on the economic benefits that natural gas from the Haynesville Shale as brought to Louisiana. The Shreveport Times website reports on two new reality shows that focus on lifestyle changes brought to the area by natural gas money.

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.

Testing the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:46:30 +0000

Some of the first horizontal wells in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale of central Louisiana are yielding oil. Some researchers believe that the formation contains billions of barrels of oil.

Gulf of Mexico – Energy Infrastructure

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:36:46 +0000

The Energy Information Administration has an interactive map that displays energy infrastructure features in the Gulf of Mexico region. It includes power plants, transmission lines, LNG terminals, natural gas hubs, pipelines, oil ports, refineries, active platforms and more.

Exporting Haynesville Shale Natural Gas as LNG

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:03:53 +0000

Natural gas companies can produce more gas from their Haynesville Shale wells than local and pipeline markets can consume. A liquefied natural gas export facility is planned for Sabine Pass, Louisiana that will condense natural gas to LNG and ship it to overseas markets.

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.

Waste Water for Hydraulic Fracturing?

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 02:14:57 +0000

In Louisiana, a pipeline carries treated waste water from a paper mill to a natural gas field in the Haynesville Shale. The water is being recycled for hydraulic fracturing instead of being discharged into the Red River.

BHP Billiton to Buy Petrohawk for $12 Billion

admin — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:11:51 +0000

BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company headquartered in Australia, has agreed to purchase Petrohawk Energy for $12.1 billion. Petrohawk is an independent oil and natural gas company with a focus on exploration and production of shale plays within the United States. The company has significant activity in the Haynesville, Lower Bossier and Eagle Ford Shales of Texas and Louisiana.

LNG Export from Sabine Pass, LA/TX

admin — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:46:27 +0000

“DOE issued conditional authorization to Cheniere Energy’s application to export LNG from its Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana. Cheniere plans to retrofit the existing import terminal to give it liquefaction capability. Cheniere has been authorized to export up to 2.2 Bcf/d of natural gas from the facility for a period of 20 years.” Quoted from the Energy Information Administration Weekly Natural Gas Update.