Haynesville Shale

QEP Resources Inc. is blaming a trio of factors for lower production this year from the Williston Basin year-to-date, but the company is moving forward by testing a refracturing (refracking) program similar to one that has yielded success in the Haynesville Shale.

Enable Midstream Partners LP is expanding its footprint in the Haynesville Shale, agreeing late Tuesday to pony up $300 million to acquire Align Midstream LLC, whose assets include natural gas gathering and processing in East Texas and North Louisiana.

BHP Billiton Ltd., whipsawed by sharp impairments and activist investors that want the company to train its development solely on conventional oil and mining, is actively marketing its U.S. onshore portfolio, an 800,000-plus leasehold that runs through the Permian Basin, Haynesville, Eagle Ford and Fayetteville shales.

Fracture sand specialist U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. has acquired Mississippi Sand LLC, a Missouri-based sand mining and logistics company, a transaction that adds 1.2 million tons of annual capacity.

Rockcliff Energy LLC said Monday it has acquired approximately 60,000 net acres in East Texas prospective to the Haynesville Shale from an undisclosed seller.

Post Oak Energy Capital LP said Monday it would lead a $100 million investment for Tulsa-based Nadel and Gussman LLC to hunt for Haynesville Shale opportunities.

Enterprise Products Partners LP’s management team said it believes higher rigs counts in the Permian Basin, as well as the Haynesville and Eagle Ford shales, will inexorably lead to higher oil and natural gas volumes flowing through its systems, beginning in the second half of the year.

For Goodrich Petroleum Corp. and Comstock Resources Inc., it’s all about a revitalized Haynesville Shale.

Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) said Tuesday it has nearly completed a takeover of fellow Dallas-based partnership PennTex Midstream Partners LP.