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Haynesville Shale: Top Operators, Production, Frac Design, Well Productivity

In our monthly update, we are going to focus on the Haynesville.
The play has broken its old production record of 7.5 Bcfe/d, with production now approaching 8 Bcfe/d.
The new top operator is Indigo Natural Resources, who took that top spot from Chesapeake Energy: In 4Q 2018 Chesapeake produced 814 MMcfe/d, while Indigo produced 901 Mmcfe/d. On March 4, 2019, Indigo announced it has grown further and is now producing 1 Bcfe/d net to the company.
Who are the Players?Acreage by Company (Table)
Latest M&AAt the end of last year, we saw Comstock increasing its working interest from Shelby for $20.5 million and Aethon Operating picked up QEP's Haynesville assets for $735 million.
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