Haynesville Shale-focused Comstock Resources Inc. is combating high diesel costs in its completions with natural gas-fueled hydraulic fracturing fleets, management said Tuesday.

In April, the Frisco,TX-based independent deployed its first BJ Energy Solutions Titan gas-powered fracturing fleet. The deployment subsequently cut completion costs 15% versus a conventional diesel-fueled fleet on the first two well pads, COO Dan Harrison told analysts during the 2Q2022 earnings call.

The natural gas-fueled “fleet has played a key role in helping us minimize our completion cost as the cost of diesel has increased significantly.” The deployment enabled Comstock to eliminate 1.4 million gallons of diesel fuel and about 2,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its operations,...