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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on February 15, 2011 at 13:51

Jayson, the first thing I would suggest is to differentiate between "gas processing" and "gas treating".  Most think of gas processing as large centralized plants for natural gas liquids (NGL) removal while gas treating covers dehydration and CO2 & H2S removal.  It would also cover small "dewpoint" units.  I suspect your company sells gas treating equipment.

 

The Haynesville Shale is a gas treating play as the gas is very "lean" and not worth processing for NGL's.  If DrillingInfo does not list the unit operator, it is of little value.  You can check my Drilling Rig Location Group to identify the most active operators in regard to active drilling rigs.

 

The Eagle Ford Shale requires both treating and processing so the treating may occur at the gas processing plants.  For both the Eagle Ford and Haynesville you can check the various Oil & Gas company websites to check how active they are in each play.  Just read their most recent corporate presentations.  Use the operators currently drilling in the Haynesville Shale as a starting point as many of these companies are also the most active in the Eagle Ford Shale.  You should also contact the big midstream players like Enterprise, Kinder Morgan, Energy Transfer, Crosstex, Exco, CenterPoint Energy Field Services, Questar, J-W Operating and Copano. 

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