The Louisiana Oil and Gas Association (LOGA) has launched a website section dedicated to the state’s Haynesville Shale. The section will provide information about drilling and leasing activity in the emerging natural gas field, located in northwestern Louisiana, according to LOGA’s Gifford Briggs. LOGA also has a forum about the shale play on its website, which will be moderated by LOGA staff “with no financial interests in the shale,” said Briggs. Jodee Niswanger also was tapped to serve as LOGA’s North Louisiana director and will be based in Shreveport, LA.

The shareholders of U.S. independents Stone Energy Corp. and Bois d’Arc Energy Inc. have voted to approve Stone’s $1.8 billion acquisition of Bois d’Arc (see Daily GPI, May 1). Under terms of the merger agreement, for each share of their Bois d’Arc stock, shareholders will receive $13.65 in cash and 0.165 shares of Stone common stock. Stone, headquartered in Lafayette, LA, has a portfolio spread across the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), the Rocky Mountains basins and the Williston Basin, with estimated proved reserves of 402.6 Bcfe. Houston-based Bois d’Arc has focused its exploration efforts in the GOM, and at the end of 2007 its total proved reserves were estimated 24.6 million bbl of oil and 250 MMcf of natural gas.

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