Haynesville Shale

A 171-acre site at the Port of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, LA, could be the site of a 32 million gallons/year renewable diesel plant, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Friday. Strategic Biofuels LLC CEO Paul Schubert, who joined Edwards in the announcement, said subsidiary Louisiana Green Fuels (LGF) is developing the site on the Ouachita…

Despite projected gains from the Permian Basin and Haynesville Shale, overall natural gas production from seven key U.S. onshore regions is set to decline from April to May, according to updated figures released Monday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Total output from the seven regions — the Anadarko, Appalachia and Permian basins, as…

With activity ramping up on land and offshore, the U.S. rig count surged 13 units higher to 430 during the holiday-shortened week ended Thursday (April 1), according to data published by Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). As has often been the case recently, the increase in domestic drilling for the week was driven by the oil…

The U.S. natural gas rig count eased one unit lower to 91 for the holiday-shortened week ended Thursday (April 1), while a spring surge in the oil patch sent the overall domestic tally higher by double digits, according to data published by Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Thirteen oil-directed rigs were added in the United States,…

A Midcoast Energy LLC subsidiary has brought the CJ Express pipeline expansion into service and inked a firm transportation deal with the Golden Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Texas to provide additional feed gas to the terminal when it is complete.  The CJ Express was sanctioned last year. It added compression and…

Oil and natural gas activity sharply expanded during the first three months of the year in Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana, according to a survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Every quarter the Dallas Fed, as it is better known, surveys executives of exploration and production (E&P) firms and oilfield services (OFS) companies…

Natural gas production from seven key U.S. regions is set to fall by 316 MMcf/d from March to April, extending a downward trajectory in projected output from the domestic plays that goes back to early last year, according to new data published Monday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Combined output from the Anadarko,…

Natural gas production from seven key U.S. regions is set to fall by 316 MMcf/d from March to April, extending a downward trajectory in projected output from the domestic plays that goes back to early last year, according to new data published Monday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Combined output from the Anadarko,…

The U.S. rig count eased one unit lower to 402 for the week ending Friday (March 12) as increases in the Permian Basin and Utica Shale partially offset declines in the Marcellus and Haynesville shales, according to updated data from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). The total number of domestic natural gas-directed rigs remained unchanged at…