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Oil & Gas Pro Comment by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on July 1, 2009 at 8:39

wpt. Since BirdDawg has the most experience and knowledge of your general area, I suggest you direct your specific questions to him. Section - township- range information is very helpful and also the operator as it appears from your statement that you have at least one producing well. The company holding the lease covering your tract can be important. However, I would like to comment on one issue you bring up. There is a misconception that horizontal drilling is appropriate for and beneficial to many different formations. We discuss the technology of horizontal drilling quite a bit as it is the key to producing the Haynesville Shale. Though horizontal drilling will be utilized for some additional formations, most of those currently known and producing in north LA. do not require horizontal wellbores. They are most economically produced by vertical wellbores. The key to the exploration of and production from those "conventional" reservoirs is the demand for and thus the price of natural gas. The closing of GM will be a sad day in our part of the world but the jobs created in the exploration and production of the Haynesville Shale will provide some opportunities. I am 56 years of age and expect to work in the HS as long as I am physically and mentally competent to do so. Exploration will last another 25 or so years. Production 50 or so. The vagaries of the energy business make it too unpredictable to rely on as a sole source of income for most landowners. Good Luck to you and all the folks at GM.

Comment by wpt9452 on July 1, 2009 at 8:07

I don't mean to be redundant but GM is closing the plant here in Shreveport so I am soon to be out of a job at the ripe age of 56. I try reading all the information here about Claiborne Parish but sometimes it gets overwhelming. I know it will be a few years before we really get things going in Claiborne but does it really look as promising as it seems? My family has land about 5 miles from the town of Haynesville going towards Homer. We've got two wells, one considered dry because it only had gas and they wanted oil (back in the 70's) and the other did produce oil and gas for over 20 years and now is considered "shut in productive".........I talked to the geologist years back when they started drilling and he told me they could only get about 30% of the oil out of the formation and the rest would be left. The wells are a little over 10,000 feet and I wish they could go back in and do a horizontal. The bottom line is, will Claiborne be a major player in all this oil and gas productivity? I know I have asked this before but now things are a little more critical for me as well as a lot of other people around here. I appreciate any information someone can give me.

landowner Comment by Keith Mauck (Site Publisher) on June 8, 2009 at 2:14

Welcome to Claiborne Parish...

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