About this Forum

The Haynesville Shale is a prolific gas basin in East Texas and Northwest Louisiana that got its start in the mid to late 2000’s.  The Haynesville Shale currently produces about 10 BCFD and is the second largest natural gas play in the US behind the Marcellus Shale. The depth of the Haynesville Shale varies from 10,000 feet to over 14,000 feet, and is highly over-pressured across the play, upwards of 0.9 psi/ft and higher. In addition to underlying subsurface advantages, the Haynesville Shale also has a tremendous marketing advantage on the surface. There is an existing infrastructure that can reach global liquefied natural gas (LNG) export markets along the Gulf Coast.    

As technology and learnings have rapidly improved over the years, operators both private and public are still trying to improve their financial metrics.  Common challenges all are operators are faced with include optimizing development and well interference, improving well performance, stacked Haynesville and Bossier Shale co-development, and reducing development and operational costs to maximize returns.  

The objective of this Forum is to bring key Haynesville Shale players together to 

• exchange knowledge on what we did, why we did it, and what worked and did not work
• collaborate on how we can use such learnings to be better prepared for the next phase Haynesville Shale development 

Join us as we explore these topics to discuss the next phase of the Haynesville development. 

Who should attend:

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