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Permalink Reply by Terry L. Antee on October 5, 2009 at 5:53

The sky is falling.......A little knowledge is dangerous, it is too early to say what the wells will do and some are going to be good and some are going to be not so good.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on October 5, 2009 at 8:25

lethalinjection. Many of us have read prior articles by Mr. Berman and discussed them here on GHS. If others are like myself, you may have to go back to those prior discussions to understand why there is little interest in commenting on this most recent article. Arthur is a member of GHS so you may wish to send him a personal message.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on October 6, 2009 at 9:32

lethal. There are many industry people who observe GHS but do not enter into discussion topics. Mr. Berman has been a member for some time now. Though we don't often agree on his analysis, he is welcome to hold membership and participate as he sees fit.

http://www.gohaynesvilleshale.com/profile/ArthurBerman

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Permalink Reply by essay on October 5, 2009 at 12:41

Ok i'll take a whack at it to entertain everyone.

Seems to this old boy that the article did not quantify those 67 wells included in the analysis; Just a few questions that come to mind: are those all horizontal, how many were completed by inexperienced operators, how many average frac stages were used, and what is the average time lapsed since turn-to-sales date.

And just an observation but it seems to me that results are getting a good bit better on average as most of these companies complete more wells and zero in on their preferred leaseholds? I cannot refute any of the technical formation type stuff, and have to just agree with the statement that it is probably too soon to tell.

I would be interested in an erudite discussion of some of the stuff in there, especially about the formation being prone to compression hence affecting permeability. I welcome being educated.

But anyway, on a lighter note perhaps, as i have a vested stake in the price of gas going forward, by all means let's run this dog down in the street. The Haynesville couldn't possibly impact our national energy picture.

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Permalink Reply by BirdDawg, plain ole' idiot on October 5, 2009 at 13:18

It is obvious ole Arthur is anti-Haynesville Shale. Why? We do not know.
But he continues to publish articles with his "data", while stating we do not have much long term info.
I wish he would just go back to being on the cover of MAD magazine.

Isn't that where I first saw him?

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on October 5, 2009 at 13:22

Eh, BD. I think that was Alfred E. Newman. As far as I can tell, Arthur doesn't have that many freckles. LOL!

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Permalink Reply by BirdDawg, plain ole' idiot on October 5, 2009 at 13:24

Other than the freckles, he looks just like him.

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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on October 5, 2009 at 14:36

WR, unfortunately previous comments by Mr Berman concerning the Barnett Shale make it clear he is totally unqualified to perform analysis of shale gas plays. In that instance he failed to understand late reporting of production results in an understated field production rate for the most recent 9-12 months. Rather than taking time to understand this situation he published an article in 2008 stating the Barnett Shale was in decline when in fact production was still growing.

His constant statements that almost all Haynesville Shale wells are sub-economic seems to try to state that Mr Berman is smarter than the many oil & gas companies currently developing the play.

Sorry, but I am not buying his line of BS.

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Permalink Reply by LP on October 5, 2009 at 15:17

Sing along:
Arthur Berman has a way with...B..o..l..o..g..n..a

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on October 5, 2009 at 15:22

OMG, LP. That is too funny. ROFLOL! Good one!

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Permalink Reply by LP on October 5, 2009 at 15:39

Hope Oscar Mayer doesn't mind. *grin*

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Permalink Reply by DJG on October 5, 2009 at 17:10

With all of the negative Haynesville shale reports from Arthur's blog I'm beginning to wonder if his true identity might actually be "Frosty The Coalman" from the American Clean Coal Coalition's PR campaign....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Gy-kgL8yA&feature=related

http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/10/you-wont-believe-your-ears-fr...

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