Changing Times, Market Access Put Haynesville Operators In the Dry Gas Driver's Seat

摘要

Named after the town of Haynesville in Claiborne Parish, La., the Haynesville Shale gas play was discovered in plain sight in 2008, and after an initial flurry, drilling and completion activity ebbed and flowed with natural gas prices. It is a different breed of shale play: deeper, higher-pressured, and with complex geology that yields dry gas. It is also different because during the past decade the Haynesville has become largely a domain of smaller independents, including private players backed by private equity capital.