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The second-largest natural gas play in the US by production has output reaching new heights leaving a backdrop for US natural gas prices. Growing production, increased well productivity and drilling efficiencies, and proximity to LNG export projects are supporting growth opportunities for midstream and contributes to a positive long-term outlook.

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Led by growth in the Haynesville Shale, natural gas production from seven key U.S. onshore regions is set to surge past the 96 Bcf/d mark in early 2023, according to the latest modeling from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Carrying over from month-earlier projections, the Haynesville will lead natural gas production gains month/month, accounting for 152 MMcf/d of growth and raising its output to 16.409 Bcf/d, according to the latest Drilling Productivity Report.

This year’s DUG Haynesville Conference & Exhibition will focus on how current global events have placed energy production at the center of our national conversation. Operators in the Haynesville shale play are proud of the role they are playing in powering America and allies abroad.

Join Hart Energy LIVE in Shreveport, Louisiana on March 28-29^th to gain insights on the elevated upstream and midstream activities and beyond.

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Hart Energy LIVE’s DUG Haynesville Conference & Exhibition will attract hundreds of key energy executives across a myriad of disciplines – including oil and gas, and LNG professionals. These executives will share insights on the current issues and look at the challenges that lie ahead. It will provide a potent mix of relevant content, presented by expert speakers, and impactful networking highly qualified attendees.

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You’ll hear from speakers representing the most active players, from the financial community to the producers’ C-suites.

Robert E. Barba

President & CEO, Integrated Energy Services Inc.

Jeet Benipal

Managing Director, Greenhill & Co.

David Eudey

Vice President, Haynesville, Chesapeake Energy

Adrian Goodisman

Partner, Energy Advisors Group

Brad Gray

Executive Vice President & COO, Diversified Energy Company

Howard House

Managing Director, Greenhill & Co.

Gordon Huddleston

President and Partner, Aethon Energy

Andy Huggins

Senior Vice President & Division Head, Southwestern Energy (SWN)

Craig Jarchow

President and Chief Executive Officer, TG Natural Resources

Bernadette Johnson

General Manager, Power & Renewables, Enverus

Corey Jordan

Senior Sustainability Advisor, Equitable Origin

Rob Klenner

Advanced Geothermal Technology Leader, Baker Hughes

Doug Krenek

President & CEO, Sabine Oil & Gas Corp.

Larry Larsen

Senior Vice President - Gathering and Processing, Williams Companies, Inc.

Amber McCullagh

Senior Advisor, Validere

Meg Molleston

President, GeoSouthern Energy GP LLC

Seth Moore

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Catalyst Energy Services

Lara Owens

Director, Science & Technology, MiQ

Alan L. Smith

President & CEO, Rockcliff Energy LLC

Dick Stoneburner

Owner, Co-Founder, Petrohawk Energy Corporation; Chairman Tamboran Resources

Rob Turnham

Director, Director, New ASEAN Energy Inc., Former President, Goodrich Petroleum Corp.

Steve Wilson

Market Development at Project Canary, Project Canary

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The Houston company behind the massive Driftwood LNG project in southwest Louisiana has agreed to pay $125 million to expand its natural gas holdings in the Haynesville Shale in northwest Louisiana.

Tellurian Inc., through its Tellurian Production LLC subsidiary, struck a preliminary deal with EnSight IV Energy Partners LLC and EnSight Haynesville Partners LLC for the Haynesville assets. The EnSight companies, which are incorporated in Delaware but headquartered in Shreveport, are led by George Baldwin Jr., a petroleum engineer based in Shreveport with decades of experience in the oil and gas business.

Tellurian said it anticipates closing the transaction by the end of the third quarter It will use cash on hand to fund the deal.

The natural gas will be fed to Driftwood LNG, a $25 billion LNG export terminal under construction on a 1,000-acre site on the west bank of the Calcasieu River, south of Lake Charles. Once it comes online, the plant is expected to export up to 27.6 million tons of liquefied natural gas each year. Tellurian officials anticipate the project will create about 400 direct jobs and 6,500 construction jobs.

Tellurian said the EnSight deal includes rights to about 5,000 acres in the Haynesville Shale in DeSoto, Bossier, Caddo and Webster parishes. With reserves of roughly 108 billion cubic feet of natural gas, the acreage produces about 45 million cubic feet of natural gas per day via 44 active wells and five more in the works.

The deal is expected to boost Tellurian’s Haynesville production from 39 million cubic feet per day to 140 million cubic feet per day in 2022, and up to 350 million cubic feet by 2023. It also will increase Tellurian’s Haynesville holdings to 20,000 acres and more than 2 trillion cubic feet in natural gas reserves.

“These assets provide Tellurian with both cash flow and a physical hedge for Driftwood LNG,” John Howie, president of Tellurian Production LLC, said in a statement. “The EnSight asset is a great fit with Tellurian’s existing position in the Haynesville Shale and allows us to step into an ongoing development program and bring online significant additional natural gas volumes in the fourth quarter of 2022.”

Tellurian officials said the plant is expected to produce LNG beginning in 2026. Construction on the terminal began in April, despite a lack of finalized financing for the work.

Tellurian’s latest quarterly report indicates the company is still trying to secure financing. A final investment decision is targeted for sometime this year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Tellurian Executive Chairman Charif Souki said in a recent company video that Driftwood LNG’s construction is still on schedule. Federal filings indicate site preparation work is underway.

The company hired Bechtel as its engineering and construction firm for the project. It has also enlisted Baker Hughes to provide electric compressors and turbomachinery for the project.

Driftwood LNG made headlines in 2018 when it won a controversial $2 billion property tax break through Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Exemption program. The first-year break alone was estimated at over $280 million.

Clearfork Midstream LLC is beefing up its Haynesville footprint in North Louisiana.

The Fort Worth, Texas-based company recently announced the signing of new producer-customer commercial agreements to support significant buildout projects including expansion to the treating capacity on Clearfork’s Holly System and the construction of two new large-diameter gathering pipelines.

“We’re pleased to announce these new commercial agreements and expansion projects on our Holly System, which provides our Haynesville producer customers with access to premium downstream markets,” Clearfork CEO Kipper Overstreet commented in a release on Oct. 11.

The company release noted that the announced expansions also highlight Clearfork’s continued commercial success and growth following its acquisition of Azure Midstream Energy in February 2022. The Azure acquisition and its natural gas gathering and treating platform serving core areas of the Haynesville Shale in North Louisiana and East Texas followed a $400 million initial capital commitment from EnCap Flatrock Midstream.

According to the Oct. 11 release, Clearfork is actively developing new midstream gathering and treating projects in addition to increasing downstream takeaway optionality for Haynesville producers.

“These expansions strengthen our position in the Haynesville, where we remain focused on deploying growth capital and developing the infrastructure needed to serve our customers’ needs,” Overstreet added in the release.

In connection with a long-term acreage dedication finalized in August, Clearfork is expanding the footprint of its Holly System by constructing a 24-inch diameter pipeline to the east side of the Red River in northeast Red River Parish, Louisiana. On the west side of the Holly System, Clearfork is also constructing a 16-inch diameter pipeline that will expand Clearfork’s capacity in the Spring Ridge area in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, to service expected customer production growth in 2023.

As part of these expansions, Clearfork plans to build new interconnects for additional takeaway capacity and downstream market optionality for customers.

Additionally, in conjunction with the gathering expansion, Clearfork is increasing its overall treating and compression capacity across its Holly System.

The several new commercial agreements, including two separate producer agreements with minimum volume commitments to support significant expansion projects, include a 700 MMcf/d expansion of treating capacity on Clearfork’s Holly System, which will bring the total Holly treating capacity to approximately 1.3 Bcf/d during first-quarter 2023.

Treating capacity at Clearfork’s Holly 3 facility will increase with the installation of new contactor towers, optimization projects, and additional compression across the system, which will provide lower-pressure service while also meeting the pressure requirements of downstream pipelines. Treating capacity at Clearfork’s Holly 6 facility will increase with the installation of a recently acquired amine plant and related assets.

Looking beyond these expansion projects, Clearfork also owns idle amine treating assets that could, when paired with additional commercial activity, further increase treating capacity to bring the total treating capacity across Clearfork’s Holly System to approximately 1.8 Bcf/d in 2023.

“Our commercial and operational teams have been instrumental in building relationships with our customers in accordance with our core values,” Overstreet said. “We know our customers put their trust in us to be a dependable partner and a reliable operator, so we’ve also invested heavily in making operational improvements to support our uptime targets. We’re committed to making additional improvements as we strive to exceed customer expectations and industry standards.”

Formed in 2020, Clearfork is a growth-oriented midstream company that provides midstream solutions for natural gas producers in the Haynesville Shale formation. The company’s services currently include natural gas gathering, treating, dehydration, compression and transportation in North Louisiana and East Texas.

HAYNESVILLE, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — The Haynesville Golden Tornado has been a staple at the Caesars Superdome at the LHSAA State Championships.

The program has won 17 state championships, 2nd only to John Curtis Christian in the state of Louisiana. The Golden Tornadoe have played for a state championship 26 times.

David Franklin’s team is back in the Division IV (Non-Select) State Championship game for the first time since a 2016 loss to Logansport.

Franklin is encouraging his players to ‘soak in’ the experience and enjoy the trip to New Orleans but wants them to be ready for a battle on the big stage.

“Sometimes it can be a little eye-opening,” said Franklin. “You got to get used to it, but once you get started, it’s ok.”

None of the players on the 2023 roster have played in the Superdome, but with all the history and tradition of the Golden Tornado program, many of them have experienced it as a fan.

“It’s been a while since they’ve been there. They’ve been, but they haven’t played in there,” said Franklin. “It’s all new for them. It’s a fun experience just to go.”

Haynesville will play Oak Grove on Thursday at 7 p.m., a team who beat them decisively, 61-27 back on October 6th. Franklin believes Haynesville needs to get ahead early in the game to settle his kids in.

“It’s not going to be easy but that’s what makes this fun,” said Franklin. “It’s not fun to go play someone who’s sorry in the championship game.”

Despite being an underdog, Franklin thinks the Golden Tornado players will enter Thursday’s game with confidence.

“That’s why you have to go play the game,” said Franklin. “We’ve been in the dome and been favored by a lot and lost, and we’ve been in the dome before and been picked to be beat by a lot and won.”

HOUSTON, Texas -- Efforts by midstream giant Energy Transfer to block a natural gas pipeline out of the Haynesville shale could threaten the region's production growth, the pipeline company and others argue in court filings, as well as the coming US LNG export boom, according to a report by Argus Media.

In April a Louisiana district court judge ruled that Energy Transfer was within its rights to block DT Midstream from building a gas line that crossed Energy Transfer's own Tiger pipeline in northern Louisiana. Two other midstream companies with plans for gas lines that cross the east-west oriented Tiger gas line, industry groups and the state attorney general have since weighed in on the side of DT Midstream, warning that the precedent set by the April ruling could effectively block other gas line projects if it is not overturned.

"The public policy implications of this decision will have far-reaching consequences for Louisiana's energy sector and, indeed, perhaps for the nation's energy independence," Louisiana attorney general Jeff Landry said in a court filing.

Energy Transfer declined comment on the case.

The case hinges on the validity and meaning of the phrase "exclusive servitude" used in a contract Energy Transfer signed with the now-defunct timber company, Red River Louisiana, from which it purchased the right to construct and maintain the gas pipeline in 2010. Energy Transfer says that the "exclusive servitude" clause means no other entity can build a new gas line across the path of the Tiger line without its consent. Given the number of pipelines in energy-producing states like Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, it is common for pipelines to cross each other.

State district court judge Nicholas Gasper agreed with Energy Transfer's interpretation of "exclusive" and said abiding by the contract would not lead to "any absurd consequences." He granted Energy Transfer a preliminary injunction to stop DT Midstream from tunneling its line under the Tiger pipeline.

State, industry back DT claim

Since then, other parties have weighed in on DT Energy's side. Midstream giant Williams, which plans the $1bn, 1.8 Bcf/d (51mn m³/d) Louisiana Energy Gateway gas gathering line that would cross the Tiger pipeline, filed an amicus brief, as did Momentum, which is planning a $1.6bn, 1.7 Bcf/d New Generation Gas Gathering (NG3) project also likely to cross Tiger.

Energy Transfer is trying to "create and control a bottleneck," which, if successful, "other existing pipeline owners could repeat … throughout Louisiana and across the country, which could stymie any new construction of pipelines," Momentum said in its filing.

If Momentum and its allies are correct, the ruling could hamper the gas production growth needed in the Haynesville in the coming years to keep up with a massive build-out of new LNG export capacity along the US Gulf coast.

The district court signaled it had considered these possibilities, writing that it "does understand the possible effect of this ruling and does not like the potential consequence."

Public policy aside, Landry argued the court improperly "provid[ed] primacy" to an "unenforceable" contract over "existing [state] law," which "contains no provision creating an 'exclusive' servitude in the manner asserted in this case."

Following that logic, the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association (LOGA) argued Energy Transfer's "exclusive" servitude "occupies exclusively the subterranean space it actually occupies," not "the entirety of the land, to the exclusion of others."

Louisiana State University energy law professor Keith Hall predicted a court would consider LOGA's interpretation as "baloney," as it effectively erases the presence of the word "exclusive."

Hall was also skeptical of the parties' claims that the ruling would prevent future gas line crossings, since few pipeline servitude contracts contain the word "exclusive." Even in this case, the ruling would not ultimately block competing lines since companies could obtain the right to do so by eminent domain, just as they would with a holdout landowner, Hall said.

DT Midstream has appealed the district court ruling to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Shreveport. It is awaiting a date for a hearing before the court.

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Five people, including a Caddo Parish sheriff's deputy, received minor injuries Wednesday afternoon in a multi-vehicle crash at a Shreveport intersection.

Sheriff Jay Long said Deputy Daniel Clayton was stopped at a red light at the 6900 block of West 70th Street in Shreveport when a dump truck driver failed to stop and hit Clayton's patrol unit from behind then struck a Kia Forte. The Forte was pushed into the intersection where it crashed into a Mericle's tow truck.

Clayton was taken to Willis Knighton-North for treatment of minor injuries. The three occupants of the Forte were taken to Willis Knighton-South, and the driver of the dump truck was taken to Willis-Knighton Bossier.