Haynesville News

SHREVEPORT, LA Fifteen families got the 'all clear' to return home Friday, two days after a gas well explosion forced their evacuation in north DeSoto Parish, 35-miles south of Shreveport.

Dallas-based Regency Energy Partners LP plans a $40 million expansion of its Logansport Gathering system in North Louisiana.

DeSoto police jurors today will vote on a trial road policy aimed at expediting repairs to parish roads that are taking a beating from the endless parade of oil and natural gas company trucks involved in Haynesville Shale activity.

About a year ago, Haynesville Shale Expo speaker Gary Hanson talked about the problems ahead for water resource management in wake of the explosion of the shale play.

Northwest Louisiana residents have heard repeatedly over the past year or so how fortunate this region is to have the Haynesville Shale and its financial fortunes act as somewhat of a buffer to the national recession.

The state Mineral and Energy Board earned more than $2.6 million in bonuses during its monthly auction of drilling tracts on Thursday.

State officials are asking oil and gas operators to help ensure that water drawn from domestic wells is not being used for industrial purposes, particularly in the hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells.

The Shreveport City Council met this afternoon to consider giving many city workers one-time payments of $1,000, culled mostly from $6.3 million in Haynesville Shale lease money.

Vancouver-based, Africa-focused Lion Energy Corp. plans to acquire Haynesville shale player Southern Star Energy Inc.

Two more oil field service companies want to buy property at the DeSoto Police Jury's industrial park to get closer to the Haynesville Shale natural gas play.

'I just want to thank Louisiana Baptists for allowing me to serve these last two years.

In their quest to extract fuels from the Haynesville Shale oil and gas operators can be noticeable, some might even argue, disruptive.

Abdul Kalam, India's president from 2002 to 2007, will speak Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the Kendall Cram Room of Tulane University's Lavin-Bernick Center.

A bipartisan effort to promote awareness and use of domestic natural gas kicked off Thursday in Washington with the official launching of the Congressional Natural Gas Caucus.

A documentary about the discovery of the nation's biggest natural-gas field in rural northwest Louisiana will be shown tonight at the Contemporary Arts Center , 900 Camp St.

BATON ROUGE - Ten percent of all of the current oil and gas exploration in the United States is centered in a corner of northwestern Louisiana, home to what's known as the Haynesville Shale.

Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. announces CEO Dr. Bailey has reported he has received a number of shareholder calls questioning Dragon's recent volatility.

MINDEN - A new startup company broke ground Tuesday and should begin moving dirt this week for construction of a two-line resin coated proppant facility that will market its product to oil and gas operators in the Haynesville Shale and other natural gas plays across the United States.

Some DeSoto Parish landowners are unhappy about the possibility of the parish government selling water to companies drilling in Haynesville Shale natural gas formation in northwestern Louisiana.

HOMER - Gov. Bobby Jindal today awarded 137 veterans from Claiborne Parish with the Louisiana Veterans' Honor Medal at the Homer Town Hall.