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.
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
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..
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.
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.
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.