Thursday April 15, 2010
"April Louisiana Lease Sale Average Bid: $8,108
The Minerals Management Board held its monthly lease sale of state and government agency owned land yesterday. There were 15 parcels representing 277 acres in Bossier and Caddo Parish that 'seemed' to have Haynesville implications. Those leases went to Classic Petroleum, Questar and Merlin Oil & Gas for an average bid of $8,108. The weighted average was$9,458."
THE HIGHEST LEASE WAS 24.0 ACRES, BOSSIER PARISH, TOWNSHIP 17, RANGE 11, BONUS/AC $19,878, WINNERS MERLIN OIL AND GAS AND....ALL SHALERS IN THE HAYNESVILLE!!!!!

SHREVEPORT, LA (AP) April 22, 2010
LEASES BRING $2.1 M for CADDO, SHREVEPORT
"Mineral lease bonus payments in the Haynesville Shale natural gas area totaled more than 2.1million this past week for Caddo Parish and Shreveport.
Parish Government raked in another $1.3 million in advance payments as part of an agreement to allow oil or natural gas to be extracted. The state Mineral Board leased rights to about 165 acres of Caddo public property during its auction in Baton Rouge on Wednesday.
The 13 tracts averaged $7,907 per acre with a 25 percent royalty rate for any minerals drawn.
Shreveport will receive almost $835,000 for 87 acres The Times newspaper reported."

MOTHERLOAD PEOPLE UNITE FOR FAIR AND EQUAL LEASE TERMS!!!!!!!