Haynesville Shale

The Haynesville Shale straddles the Texas-Louisiana border and is one of the nation’s premier natural gas plays, increasingly critical to LNG export supply.

Monday, August 17, 2026

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Empire Petroleum reaches 21,006 ft in Western Haynesville well in Texas

A deeper re-entry in the Western Haynesville signals that operators still see value in extending the resource life of legacy acreage rather than relying only on new leases. For an executive, it highlights where capital may flow next in dry-gas development and whether this part of Texas can compete with other gas basins on deliverability and well economics.