Austin Chalk in Louisiana: including Avoyelles, Rapides, Pointe Coupee, Florida Parishes, East Baton Rouge, Vernon

Horizontal drilling, improved seismic testing,  and liner casing are offering new hope for the deep minerals in parts of the Austin Chalk which runs from near Austin, Texas through the middle of Louisiana to Biloxi Mississippi. 

In 1995, the USGS determined that the Austin Chalk is one of our Nation's largest, onshore domestic unconventional, continuous-type oil resource. More recently, exploration and production in frontier areas of Texas and Louisiana have shown that the Austin Chalk has additional potential as a continuous-type deep-gas resource mostly to the east and downdip of existing oil plays.

Over a decade later, now leasing and drilling activity is picking up in certain parishes of Central Louisiana following improved technologies.

Austin chalk runs from above New Orleans to Pointe Coupee, Avoyelles Rapides and Vernon Parishes

Views: 18181

Attachments:

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Two Dogs, Pirate on May 9, 2011 at 7:18
Give it some time and they will be back. It just hasn't got here yet. The courthouses in Avoyelles, Vernon, Allen, Evangeline and Beauregard are all loading up with landmen.
Permalink Reply by The_Baron on May 9, 2011 at 8:06
$100 oil sure makes the chalk look interesting again...
Permalink Reply by Two Dogs, Pirate on May 9, 2011 at 11:09
Most of the area has Wilcox and Tuscaloosa. We are hot into Wilcox across most of the parishes I listed.
Permalink Reply by WHuguet on May 11, 2011 at 5:57
Don't know if you guys had seen this, but pretty interesting horizontal Alts approved in Moncrief Field for AUS Chalk.

http://ucmwww.dnr.state.la.us/ucmsearch/UCMRedir.aspx?url=http%3a%2...
Permalink Reply by Joe Aldridge on May 11, 2011 at 6:25
Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 11, 2011 at 7:36
Austin Chalk members should note bids for Tract 42066 in Vernon Parish.  This is what you want to see.  Competition!  Anadarko bids $314/acre and 22.5% and loses out to Swift with a bonus of $1,211.50 and 25%.  You could use at least one more bidder to make for more uncertainty by those already bidding but this is a good start.  I don't know where the bonus offers will go from here but I'd say this is strong confirmation that a quarter royalty should be the standard in this Play.  Thanks, Joe.
Permalink Reply by The_Baron on May 11, 2011 at 8:25
Looks ike Swift has set a bad precedent for operators down in Vernon
Permalink Reply by treeman on May 11, 2011 at 8:28

Skip,

I noticed a couple of bidders in West Feliciana Parish, Charleston Energy Inc., and Basin Properties Inc. What's your take on this activity? Also, who would have contact information for these two companies? Your opinion much appreciated as always, Treeman.

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 11, 2011 at 8:36

They are bidding for clients who wish to keep a low profile.   Same individual. See Basin Properties in next reply box.

 

CHARLESTON ENERGY INC. Business Corporation LAFAYETTE Active

Business: CHARLESTON ENERGY INC.
Charter Number: 35684529 D
Registration Date: 4/12/2004
Domicile Address
  118 DEMANADE BOULEVARD
  LAFAYETTE, LA 70503
Mailing Address
  C/O GARY L. SALMON
  118 DEMANADE BOULEVARD
  LAFAYETTE, LA 70503
Status
Status: Active
Annual Report Status: In Good Standing
File Date: 4/12/2004
Last Report Filed: 4/20/2011
Type: Business Corporation

Registered Agent(s)
Agent: E. GREGORY VOORHIES
Address 1: ATTORNEY AT LAW
Address 2: 121 SOUTH AUDUBON BOULEVARD
City, State, Zip: LAFAYETTE, LA 70503
Appointment Date: 4/12/2004
Agent: GARY L. SALMON
Address 1: 118 DEMANADE BOULEVARD
City, State, Zip: LAFAYETTE, LA 70503
Appointment Date: 4/12/2004

Officer(s) Additional Officers: No 
Officer: GARY L. SALMON
Title: Director
Address 1: 118 DEMANADE BOULEVARD
City, State, Zip:

LAFAYETTE, LA 70503

 

 

 
Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 11, 2011 at 8:39
BASIN PROPERTIES, INC. Business Corporation LAFAYETTE Active

Business: BASIN PROPERTIES, INC.
Charter Number: 34211887 D
Registration Date: 6/25/1986
Domicile Address
  105 WHITCOMB CIRCLE
  LAFAYETTE, LA 70503
Mailing Address
  105 WHITCOMB CIRCLE
  LAFAYETTE, LA 70503
Status
Status: Active
Annual Report Status: In Good Standing
File Date: 6/25/1986
Last Report Filed: 7/29/2010
Type: Business Corporation

Registered Agent(s)
Agent: GARY L. SALMON
Address 1: 118 DEMANDE BLVD.
City, State, Zip: LAFAYETTE, LA 70503
Appointment Date: 5/17/1988

Officer(s) Additional Officers: No 
Officer: GARY SALMON
Title: President
Address 1: 118 DEMANADE BLVD.
City, State, Zip: LAFAYETTE, LA 70503
Permalink Reply by treeman on May 11, 2011 at 11:06

Thanks for the info, Skip and Geo!

Treeman

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on June 27, 2011 at 10:04

New Indigo Rapides Parish permit today.

 


 RAPIDES 01 243455 BENTLEY LUMBER 34 H 001 27-JUN-11 60024 034-05N-05W 9709 WILDCAT-NO LA MONROE DIST 15450

RSS

Support GoHaynesvilleShale.com

Top Content 

1 "Rebalancing Volumes"

"Rebalancing Volumes"
2 BPX hits it out of the park with 3 Bossier Parish CULs

BPX hits it out of the park with 3 Bossier Parish CULs
3 Lithium Brine Lease letter from Red Oak East, LLC - Location Cass County, TX, near Naples, TX

Lithium Brine Lease letter from Red Oak East, LLC - Location Cass County, TX, near Naples, TX
4 Texas Smackover Lithium Play

Texas Smackover Lithium Play
5 Why powering data centers with gas fired electricity comes with problems

Why powering data centers with gas fired electricity comes with problems
6 Tariffs, Financial Uncertainty Complicate Data Center Development

Tariffs, Financial Uncertainty Complicate Data Center Development
7 Bienville Parish lease offer

Bienville Parish lease offer

Blog Posts

Tuscaloosa Trend Sits On Top Of Poorest Neighbourhood For Decades - Yet No Royalties Ever Paid To The Community -- Why??

In researching the decades-old Tuscaloosa Trend and the immense wealth it has generated for many, I find it deeply troubling that this resource-rich formation runs directly beneath one of the poorest communities in North Baton Rouge—near Southern University, Louisiana—yet neither the university ( that I am aware of)  nor local residents appear to have received any compensation for the minerals extracted from their land.

This area has suffered immense environmental degradation…

Continue

Posted by Char on May 29, 2025 at 14:42

Not a member? Get our email.

Groups



© 2025   Created by Keith Mauck (Site Publisher).   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service