Goodrich Petroleum Corp.’s natural gas production results in the Haynesville Shale continue to show promise, the Houston-based producer said Friday.

Goodrich and joint venture (JV) partner Chesapeake Energy Corp. partnered earlier this year to develop a Haynesville Shale leasehold in Caddo and DeSoto parishes in Louisiana (see Daily GPI, June 17, 2008). Including its JV with Chesapeake, Goodrich has around 22,000 net acres in the northern Louisiana portion of the play, and it has about 38,500 net acres in the Minden and Beckville fields in Panola and Rusk counties in East Texas.

According to Goodrich, two more Chesapeake-operated wells were completed in the Bethany-Longstreet field in Louisiana. The Johnson 10H-1 well had a 24-hour initial production (IP) rate of 17 MMcf/d, and the Dixie 31H-1 (19% WI) had an IP rate of 14.4 MMcf/d. Goodrich holds a half-stake in the Johnson well and a 19% stake in the Dixie well. The company is completing two additional Chesapeake-operated wells, the Hunsicker 13H-1 (50%) and Caddo Parish 30H-1 (25%), along with one operated well, the Plants 26H-1 (36%).

In the Greenwood-Waskom field in Caddo Parish, where Goodrich has completed its first operated well, the Trosper 2H-1 (77.5%) had a 24-hour IP rate of 11.7 MMcf/d, the company said. Its half-owned Bohnert 25H-1 well, in the Longwood field in northern Caddo Parish, had an IP rate of 7.5 MMcf/d, Goodrich said.

The producer also has completed two wells in its Beckville and Minden fields. The 100%-owned Swiley 4H, in the northwest corner of the lease, had an IP rate of 7 MMcf/d, Goodrich said. The Beard-Taylor 1H, 100% owned, had an IP rate of 6.5 MMcf/d, the company said.

Goodrich said it now has five gas rigs in operation across its Haynesville leasehold. One operated and three nonoperated rigs are running in Bethany-Longstreet, and one operated rig is running at Beckville. Once the Beckville well is completed, Goodrich plans to move the rig to its Greenwood-Waskom field for the rest of the year, the company said.

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