Haynesville News

More than 35 acres in southeastern Terrebonne Parish have been leased to a North Carolina-based company to explore for oil and gas reserves.

BATON ROUGE - The state Mineral and Energy Board Wednesday collected more than $4.7 million in bonuses in a drilling lease sale, bringing the total collected for the financial year that began July 1 to more than $49.9 million.

Shreveport City Council can vote today on Mayor Cedric Glover's recent appointments to the Airport Authority and Personnel Board.

Word of the Haynesville Shale documentary is getting out to broader audiences and earning recognition along the way.

Residents of Frierson and Gloster voiced opposition to what they thought were plans to locate compactor sites in their communities.

Shreveport Mayor Cedric B. Glover announces that on Thursday, April 8, 2010 from 9:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. at the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office Substation, 2510 Viking Drive, the Caddo Bossier Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in conjunction with the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness will host a ...

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U.S. Rep. John Fleming is blasting Democrats on a House committee for launching an investigation into the safety of hydraulic fracturing.

Hummer may be finished, but the story of the local General Motors facility is far from over, according to local and state officials.

The Haynesville Shale is the hottest place in the country for natural gas production and will be looking for a skilled workforce for years to come.

An RV park east of Mansfield resembles a small town because of the number of travel trailers, mobile homes and people living there.

Two years ago this month, word about a natural gas reservoir to rival all others in the nation began leaking beyond whispers of the competitive oil and gas industry and into coffee shops and restaurants where average citizens were puzzled about the sudden interest in their mineral rights.

The YWCA of Northwest Louisiana has launched the "Change for Change" coin drive as a fundraiser.

Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP is seeking buyers for natural gas capacity on a new interstate pipeline that will tap the Haynesville Shale and related formations in east Texas and northwest Louisiana.

Local educators announced more than $100,000 in grants to start "energy camps" for local students this summer.

Caddo voters will get a chance May 1 to vote on a $25 million bond issue. On Thursday, commissioners approved a special election on the 20-year debt to be repaid by a 1.95-mill property tax.

The city of Mansfield gained more than $80,000 in bonus payments when it leased mineral rights on almost six acres during today's monthly lease sale in Baton Rouge.

Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP is already expanding the planned Tiger Pipeline that will service the Haynesville Shale region in northwest Louisiana and east Texas.

If you're confused by the economic news coming out recently, you're in cosmopolitan company.

A program to set priorities for state-funded reservoir projects and an analysis of groundwater concerns are the focus of separate yearlong studies Louisiana has commissioned.