Haynesville News

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.

Tulane University's Energy Institute will be screening a new documentary on the Haynesville Shale, the huge natural gas field in rural northwestern Louisiana.

SHREVEPORT - The state conservation office this month will begin enforcing a new requirement that oil and gas companies report the water sources they use for the practice of hydraulic fracturing - pumping liquids into wells under high pressure to open underground fractures and increase production.

The state conservation office this month will begin enforcing a new requirement that oil and gas companies report the water sources they use for the practice of hydraulic fracturing - pumping liquids into wells under high pressure to open underground fractures and increase production.

A year ago, northwest Louisiana residents were still on fact-finding missions on the ins and outs of the Haynesville Shale natural gas development.

Entergy spokesman Ken Solley said today nearly all area customers who lost power during Friday's storms should have their power restored.

Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. has announced the closing of the agreement to acquire an interest in a 640 acre lease in the Caddo-Pine Island Field in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.