Haynesville

Natural gas production from the stalwart Haynesville Shale has never recovered to the peaks of early 2012, but it remains a significant contributor to U.S. supply, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Friday.

Midcoast Energy LLC is holding a nonbinding open season through Sept. 14 to gauge support for CJ Express, a natural gas pipeline that would transport supply from the Haynesville Shale in East Texas to the Houston Ship Channel and markets along the Gulf Coast.

Goodrich Petroleum Corp. said it plans to have a “robust” second half of 2018, ramping up production and continuing its focus on the Haynesville Shale, where it is less than one month away from bringing two natural gas wells online in northwestern Louisiana.

Japan’s Osaka Gas Co. Ltd., which has agreements to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Freeport LNG project on the Texas coast once it ramps up, on Friday agreed to put more skin in the game through a $144.5 million deal with Houston-based Sabine Oil and Gas Corp. to buy into a gassy Haynesville Shale project.

Goodrich Petroleum Corp. has brought two operated wells in northwest Louisiana targeting the Haynesville Shale into production, and expects to begin fracturing operations at a third well in the Bethany-Longstreet Field in early June.

Goodrich Petroleum Corp. said it has entered into separate agreements to sell a portion of its assets in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) in Louisiana for $3.3 million, as well as to swap acreage and reduce gathering fees in the core of the Haynesville Shale.

Haynesville Shale producer Comstock Resources Inc. reported solid results from its mainstay play during the first quarter, and it now is gearing up to expand its expertise in the Bakken Shale with the backing of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

U.S. natural gas well production during 2017 climbed a staggering 35% year/year, pushed by efficiency improvements from three big shale plays, the Utica (78%), Haynesville (44%) and Marcellus (28%), according to a review by Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC.

Oklahoma City-based Enable Midstream Partners LP saw multiple records set in the first quarter amid ongoing natural gas production growth in the Anadarko Basin and Haynesville Shale, the company reported Wednesday.