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Permalink Reply by Abbott Jordan on March 19, 2010 at 3:20

Thanks Les, very informative. Do any or all of these wells on the map represent producing wells?

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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on March 19, 2010 at 3:24

Abbott, the wells on the map were wells being drilled at the time of the map rather than producing wells. There would be many more producing wells - too many to place on a map.

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Permalink Reply by Abbott Jordan on March 19, 2010 at 13:04

Les, thanks for the info. Was quite helpful.

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Permalink Reply by wpt9452 on March 19, 2010 at 11:44

I live about 5 miles from the Desoto parish line and the well that they drilled on my lease is rated at 17,8 million cubic feet per day. Is this an unusually good well or average for the Haynesville shale. It's serial number is 239731

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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on March 19, 2010 at 12:16

WPT, it seems as though the "average" well is improving as operators gain more experience but I still consider it a good well for your area.

Chesapeake, Western D 17 #H1 Well, Serial #239731, S17-T15N-R15W, Caddo Parish, 17904 Mcfd, 22/64" Choke, 7729 psi Flowing Pressure

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Permalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on March 20, 2010 at 9:50

I agree with Les. It has about the highest IP of any well in 15/15 and the pressure to go along with it. It is a great well for 15/15.

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Permalink Reply by Belmont Boy on March 21, 2010 at 18:24

Les...Thanks for providing a one-stop source for the various company maps indicating where they believe the pay zones to be. One question....most of the maps show the Haynesville Shale playing out around Belmont, with the southern boundary of the play turning southwest. For years I've heard there was a major fault line that ran northeast to southwest right through Belmont, on southwest below Zwolle, and into Texas, continuing far down into the Lone Star State. In fact, back in the '70's, when there was a flurry of shallow and deep leasing, a couple of different company men told me the fault line represented the "sweet spot" for exploration. But one said the best spot was north of the line, while the other claimed it was best to the south. Have you ever heard anything to substantiate the existence of such a fault line? If so, is that something we should consider, or be concerned about if our land is on or near the line? That is, would such a fault line create a cut off of the shale? Thanks for any insight you might provide..

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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on March 22, 2010 at 3:08

BB, geology is ShaleGeo's (Jay) expertise and he would be able to provide better information regarding your question. I suggest you just drop a comment on his page.

Recognize that fault traps were a bigger issue for a lot of the shallow conventional oil & gas plays in the past because these high permeability formations required some type of structural trap to create the potential reservoir. Unconventional plays such as the Haynesville Shale do not require such traps because the low permeability rock retains the oil or gas within the formation.

I am not aware of any major fault in the southern portion of the Haynesville Shale play.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Griffin R on March 22, 2010 at 4:58

Les,
Recently I saw either a shale map or drilling map on some company presentation that showed a fault line through North DeSoto running from Southwest to Northeast. Can't seem to find it again. If you run across something like that would you please post it? Thanks for all your contributions.

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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on March 22, 2010 at 5:11

Robert, look at the map on Page 12 of the EnCana presentation I posted at the following discussion:

http://www.gohaynesvilleshale.com/forum/topics/excellent-encana-sli...

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Permalink Reply by ALongview on March 22, 2010 at 8:33

Les did you see the Forest presentation:

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MzY2NjB8...

And the new Cabot presentation:

http://www.cabotog.com/pdf/100322_Howard_Weil_Handout.pdf

Looks like the Mid-Bossier is really making a difference in the development of southern part of the play.

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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on March 22, 2010 at 8:47

AL, thanks for your posting. Yes - I had saw the two presentations and thought they both provided some excellent information. I had also listened to part of Forest's Investor Day presentation.

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