[Maddog78]

The shale play I'm working in, the Woodford (see map) is also doing just fine.

[copious.abundance]

Another tidbit of info indicating the Haynesville is the best thing since sliced bread.

>>> OGJ <<<
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In the Haynesville shale play, technology is making gas that was budgeted at $7/Mcf producible at $4/Mcf, Simpson said. "Now, for the first time, the industry can ramp up and down in fairly small increments," he said.

[...]

[seahorse2]

If only Obama would cooperate and do something to create incentives to move to NG usage, as suggested by Pickens. Start with big fleet trucks. So far, nothing.

[copious.abundance]

^
I did start this thread recently to see what happens to a bill trying to encourage just that. I'll try to keep it updated.

[seahorse2]

OF2

As I've stated repeatedly over the years, my pessimism lies in the fact that all problems are solvable, I just don't think collectively people will solve them before they manifest into a crisis. Social Security is an example. Its a simple math problem that people have seen, discussed, and "politicked" to death for years, but no action due to political inertia. That's a far simpler problem to resolve than something like switching an economy off of oil dependency to other forms like NG. Like Social Security, most people now agree that something needs to be done about our oil dependence. People all agree something needs to be done but for a myriad of reasons, either global warming, don't send money to arabs, create American jobs etc. Yet, despite the recognition of the problem, so far, nothing. Maybe I will be pleasantly surprised. However, there are good arguments it takes a good crisis to get people moving. Simple recognition of a problem doesn't seem to be enough.

But do track the political end of the problem. I would like to stay abreast of what is going on. Unfortunately, Pickens spoke in my area just last week. If I had known, I would have gone.

[vision-master]

What needs to be done with Social Security?

[copious.abundance]

Let's keep this topic about the Haynesville shale.

[TheAntiDoomer]

Like OF2 says "the best thing since sliced bread"

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124104549891270585.html

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'E')ven conservative estimates suggest the Louisiana discovery -- known as the Haynesville Shale, for the dense rock formation that contains the gas -- could hold some 200 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. That's the equivalent of 33 billion barrels of oil, or 18 years' worth of current U.S. oil production. Some industry executives think the field could be several times that size.

[copious.abundance]

It gets better folks. This thing might - just might - be even better than sliced bread!



There is another shale located just above the Haynesville which, according to EnCana's early drilling, could be as big as the Haynesville itself! Though another drilling company isn't so sure. But still - it's more gas!



>>> ZE LINK <<<
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]U.S. shale play could be huge: EnCana
Nathan VanderKlippe
Calgary — Globe and Mail Update, Thursday, May. 28, 2009 03:52AM EDT

EnCana Corp. (ECA-T60.721.352.27%) says early drilling results indicate it is sitting on a potentially massive natural gas resource in the southern United States – one that's stacked on top of the already lucrative Haynesville shale of east Texas and western Louisiana.

EnCana said Wednesday it believes the so-called mid-Bossier shale could rival the size of the Haynesville reserve, which the U.S. Department of Energy has estimated contains 251 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas. That's enough to supply the entire continent for 10 years, although only a fraction of technically recoverable gas is usually profitable to produce.

The bonus for EnCana is that the mid-Bossier and the Haynesville are what the industry calls a “stacked play.” Depending on location, the Haynesville shale lies between 3,200 and 4,100 metres below the surface. The mid-Bossier is 150 metres above it. Many wells drilled to obtain access to the Haynesville pass through the mid-Bossier.

Because the mid-Bossier did not initially show as much as promise as the Haynesville, and because of Louisiana land-retention regulations, companies have rushed to drill the deeper Haynesville first. As a result, the mid-Bossier itself has been largely ignored until now.

EnCana, however, has drilled several vertical wells and, in the past few months, a single horizontal well to test the mid-Bossier. It found gas that mirrored the quality and quantity of the Haynesville.

“The thickness and aerial extent are similar to the Haynesville, and we think the gas in place could rival – or is right there with – Haynesville,” Jeff Wojahn, president of EnCana's U.S. division, said in an interview Wednesday.

[...]

[copious.abundance]

Yet another monthly production record. February was only the 2nd month in the last year that didn't set a production record, but as of March they were right back where they were before. I don't think they can control themselves.

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/ng/hist/n9010us2m.htm

[copious.abundance]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', 'Y')et another monthly production record.

[Maddog78]

.....and Alaska wants to build a gas pipeline down to here?
Between that and LNG imports, where the hell are we going to put all this gas?
Us shale gas drillers might have to just wait at home for a year or two until we're needed again.

[copious.abundance]

For the entertainment value.

From this thread on TOD from 2006, check out this illustrious post.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('netfind', 'W')hile natural gas supply looks rosy for the next 20 years globally, it looks just the opposite for North America. One of history's best guides to predicting future resource production is the shifted discovery curve. Resource production has a very strong tendency to replicate the history of field discovery 25 to 40 years later. If you chart the history of U.S. natural gas production and superimpose the discovery curve from 26 years earlier, you get this:



This chart clearly predicts a drastic decline in domestic gas production soon that makes the global oil peak very mild by comparison. The U.S. is importing from Canada, but if you do a similar chart for Canada+U.S.+Mexico, you get a similar picture. These global/North American gas curves suggest a serious redistribution of the world's gas resources is in order very soon. Gas is plentiful globally, but on a cliff edge in North America.

[...]

[shortonsense]

I rearranged the pertinent parts of your post, just a little.


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', 'A')nd people wonder why I ridicule the doomers!

[TheDude]

You have to wonder how McLendon's quadrillion cf could be fully exploited, purely on spacing logistics:



Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS

Not that Texans aren't fond of derricks, but everyone has their limits.

That site covers more than NIMBY issues, of course.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', 'A')nd people wonder why I ridicule the doomers!

[copious.abundance]

BTW, with the magic of Windows maps we can get a really good sense of what these shale gas wells look like once they're completed. While being drilled, yes, they're a mess. But once they're completed they don't amount to much. Some links to bird's-eye photos of completed Barnett wells:
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v ... &encType=1
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v ... &encType=1
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v ... &encType=1
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v ... &encType=1
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v ... &encType=1
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v ... &encType=1

Etc.

So, you get a big mess for a few months but then it's not so bad afterwards. I would, however, agree they should have some landscaping requirements for the site pads after they're done. Loosen up the soil and throw on some wildflower seed and plant a few oak saplings.

Here's a completed gas well in Maryland. Horrible-looking, ain't it.

[copious.abundance]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'A') subsidy by any other name. Now as a self-described entrepreneur you must find this despicable. Yes?