Haynesville News

July 20 is the start of Bossier Parish's new Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit, a weights and standards division for commercial vehicles, and parish officials are warning local truckers that if they come onto their roadways overloaded, they will be fined.

Congressman John Fleming, while touring a drill site, gets about as close as a person can get to what's called hydraulic fracturing, a process of releasing natural gas from the Haynesville Shale.

A series of minor earthquakes recorded as recently as last week in Texas have raised the specter of tremors in northwest Louisiana, where a natural gas discovery has launched a gold-rush style drilling boom.

SHREVEPORT, La. - For seven months, Gregory Kallenberg has been crafting a big story from inside a little executive suite in downtown Shreveport.

The Caddo sheriff's office will hold a free bicycle rodeo for first- through fifth-graders from 10 a.m. to noon July 10 at Sheriff's Safety Town, 8910 Jewella Ave.

U.K. company to take 50% interest in E. TX, N. LA assets and enters AMI for future acquisitions.

EXCO Resources, Inc. today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement with BG Group plc for the joint development and operation of EXCOa s Haynesville shale and certain other related natural gas assets located in East Texas/North Louisiana.

A merged vision of Louisiana cooking. NEW IN THE MARKET: James and Constance Meadors.

The June mineral-lease sale hit a three-year low by bringing in only $1.4 million for the state.

Mainland Resources, Inc., a Nevada Corporation has signed a Letter Agreement to acquire up to 8000 net acres in Mississippi.

MINDEN - Although the deadline has passed for submitting comments on the Office of Conservation's proposed order for urban drilling regulations, the Sparta Ground Water Conservation District Commission still will let Commissioner Jim Welsh know it is concerned about the impact of oil and gas drilling on water resources.

The shale boom could go bust if proposed legislation before Congress passes, adding federal regulations that could be costly and time-consuming to the natural gas industry, including operators in the Haynesville Shale.

The Haynesville Shale injected nearly $4 billion into the economy of northwest Louisiana last year, but it may have come at the expense of some local oil and gas firms.

BORING STUFF: This Trinidad 100-E rig in western Caddo Parish is one of a growing number of rigs that allow drillers to use advanced perforating technology to bore 12,000 feet before bending laterally for up to a mile to capture the natural gas in the Haynesville Formation.

HAYNESVILLE - Jannah Loyd has found that things she learned in 4-H have helped her with the life skills she needs to face Down syndrome.

BATON ROUGE - Encouraging natural gas use for automobiles would be good for the state economy and the environment, Rep.

A new forecast says Louisiana will be one of the last states to get out of the recession, with employment growth not resuming until the third quarter of 2010.

Lake Bethlehem Baptist Church will participate in the summer food service program, a news release states.

Annie Shelton couldn't do much against last summer's high energy rates. The Monroe resident put off buying clothes and stretched food stamps to make ends meet.

HOMER -- Homer police are investigating the apparent theft of town funds and a possible forgery.