US 2nd Largest Shale's Output Rising Again: EIA
Recent increases in drilling activity and well production rates are raising shale gas production levels in the Haynesville region, says a briefing note from the US Energy Information Administration October 27.
Marketed gas production in Haynesville reached 6.9bn ft3/d in September 2017, after remaining near 6bn ft3/d for the previous three years, according to EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).
The recent growth in Haynesville natural gas production is attributable to an increase in the number of active drilling rigs (starting late in 2016) and a trend toward higher per-well initial production rates, said the EIA; its full briefing note can be seen here.
The Haynesville region of south Texas was the largest US shale gas-producing region in 2009-12, and reached a record high of 10.4bn ft3/d in November 2011. It remains the second largest US shale play, holding 174.6 trillion ft3 of technically recoverable shale gas resources according to the US Geological Survey; only the Appalachian today in the US northeast is larger. Haynesville shales are deeper underground and narrower than in the Appalachian.
Mark Smedley