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Mississippi, Louisiana border verging on an oil boom
Posted on 4/21/14 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 4/21/14 at 4:54 pm
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Mississippi, Louisiana border verging on an oil boom, Sun Herald reports
By Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on April 21, 2014 at 3:52 PM
The Sun Herald reports oil and gas companies are drilling more wells and extending leases in key areas of the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale along the Louisiana and Mississippi border, signs the Gulf Coast could be close to a shale drilling boom of its own.
The Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss. newspaper draws comparisons to the booming Bakken Shale oil patch in North Dakota, focusing on activity in Pike County, where the number of new wells is expected to jump from six to 12 this year. Local officials say there is a potential for thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars in new income.
Activity is also heating up across the Louisiana state line in parts of Washington, Tangipahoa, St. Helena, East Feliciana and West Feliciana parishes. Companies are using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, techniques to reach underground reserves that were too expensive to develop with older technology.
Houston-based Goodrich Petroleum Corp., one of the larger leaseholders in the area, reported Monday (April 14) it has drilled its second successful well targeting the area in Tangipahoa Parish.
Experts estimate the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale holds 2.7 billion barrels of oil spanning a large portion of Louisiana, from Vernon Parish to the west across to Washington and St. Tammany parishes. The play also extends to counties in southwest Mississippi.
There were 20 wells across the state producing oil and gas from the Tuscaloosa trend on April 20, according to Louisiana Department of Natural Resources data.
Read the full Sun Herald article.
NOLA.com
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Posted on 4/21/14 at 4:56 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Do you really take the time to post the chicks picture?
Posted on 4/21/14 at 4:57 pm to hg
looks like the work of gyazo to me.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 4:59 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Great, even more oilfield trash incoming
Posted on 4/21/14 at 4:59 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
This is old news. Nobody wants to take the big plunge and dump a bunch of money into the area yet. I believe that maybe 1 well is doing OKAY out of all of them. The rest are subpar. I read up about it a year or two ago. Nothing like Haynesville
Posted on 4/21/14 at 4:59 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Own mineral rights on 400acres between Woodville and Natchez.... 
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:03 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
FYI, that is the southern hills aquifer recharge zone. Southern Hills aquifer being where BR gets its water from. I'm not saying fracking is the devil, but I am saying that all activities above and below ground in a vital aquifer recharge zone should be carefully thought out.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:04 pm to Hammertime
quote:
Nothing like Haynesville
You're right in a lot of ways. Mainly that Haynesville is a gas play an these wells in the TMS are 93%+/- LLS oil.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:06 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Eagleford>TMS
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:07 pm to Spaulding Smails
quote:
Great, even more oilfield trash incoming
Makin dat oilfield cash!!!
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:08 pm to BottomlandBrew
We'll no shite 
I would imagine they certainly have someone qualified to make decisions on fracking around natural aquifers
I would imagine they certainly have someone qualified to make decisions on fracking around natural aquifers This post was edited on 4/21/14 at 5:09 pm
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:11 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
They're already talking about doing drilling here in St. Tammany, near Mandeville/Abita Springs.
As you can imagine, many people are protesting it at the initial public meetings they've had recently. Many are worried about the Fracking process chemicals getting into the Abita Springs aquifer, and also other surrounding areas.
As you can imagine, many people are protesting it at the initial public meetings they've had recently. Many are worried about the Fracking process chemicals getting into the Abita Springs aquifer, and also other surrounding areas.
This post was edited on 4/21/14 at 5:13 pm
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:14 pm to cdaniel76
Here in the Felicianas most people dgaf about water supplies as long as they get mailbox money
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:16 pm to BottomlandBrew
quote:
FYI, that is the southern hills aquifer recharge zone. Southern Hills aquifer being where BR gets its water from. I'm not saying fracking is the devil, but I am saying that all activities above and below ground in a vital aquifer recharge zone should be carefully thought out.
RIP Baton Rouge tap water threads.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:20 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
More pics of Jennifer Larino plz
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:21 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
no one here has ever heard of the TMS. no one.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:23 pm to BottomlandBrew
quote:
FYI, that is the southern hills aquifer recharge zone. Southern Hills aquifer being where BR gets its water from. I'm not saying fracking is the devil, but I am saying that all activities above and below ground in a vital aquifer recharge zone should be carefully thought out.
what's the depth of that aquifer? fracks occur 10-20 thousand feet below the ground.
that's 2-4 miles below ground for those playing at home.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:28 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
quote:I meant monetarily. O&G companies aren't coming in offering retarded amounts of money per acre. I think the industry has known about this for a really long time, they just haven't done anything because they didn't get a decent ROI because the wells are low production
You're right in a lot of ways
Again, I am trying to remember from a few years back.
Eta: There are a shite ton of abandoned wells scattered all over. I had a logger knock one over with his cutter and just ran the frick off
This post was edited on 4/21/14 at 5:30 pm
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:33 pm to Hammertime
I know where one is going up right now in st Helena parish. Road is in and he said the well will be in place shortly. Materials are on site.
The well area will take up at least 5 acres.
The well area will take up at least 5 acres.
This post was edited on 4/21/14 at 5:34 pm
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:43 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Here's an index of shale fields
There's apparently 5 shale fields in Louisiana, 11 in Texas (some are shared between the two states), 2 in Arkansas (1 shared with Louisiana), 1 each in Alabama and Tennessee, and with Mississippi sharing the TMS with us.
Austin Chalk
Bossier Shale
Haynesville Shale
Smackover/Brown Dense Formation
As well as the TMS...
There's apparently 5 shale fields in Louisiana, 11 in Texas (some are shared between the two states), 2 in Arkansas (1 shared with Louisiana), 1 each in Alabama and Tennessee, and with Mississippi sharing the TMS with us.
Austin Chalk
Bossier Shale
Haynesville Shale
Smackover/Brown Dense Formation
As well as the TMS...
This post was edited on 4/21/14 at 6:03 pm
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