Hilcorp Joins Monster Western Haynesville; Mitsui Rigs Up

Hilcorp Energy made two horizontal recompletions in vintage wells in the area, while Mitsui E&P USA has pulled four permits, according to Texas Railroad Commission files.

July 9, 2025

Black Stone Enters, Amends Haynesville Deals with Revenant, Aethon

Black Stone Minerals entered into a development agreement in the Shelby Trough with Revenant Energy and amended an agreement to have 50,000 acres returned by Aethon Energy in exchange for reducing annual well commitments.

May 19, 2025

Comstock Extends Bcf-Gushing Western Haynesville to 45 Miles Wide

Comstock Energy’s Olajuwon Pickens #1H “shoots and scores” 41 MMcf/d from a 10,306 ft lateral—adding Freestone County, Texas, to what is now a three-county play.

May 1, 2025

Investor Returns Keep Aethon IPO-ready

Haynesville producer Aethon Energy is focused on investor returns, additional bolt-on acquisitions and mainly staying “IPO ready,” the company’s Senior Vice President of Finance said Oct. 3 at Hart Energy’s Energy Capital Conference (ECC) in Dallas.

October 8, 2024

Newest Giant North Houston Bossier Wildcat Won’t Sputter Out

Driller Comstock Resources Inc. says it plans to keep it strong-choked to remain at its first-24-hour rate of 36 MMcf/d.

May 4, 2023

Aethon’s Screamer Well Joins Comstock’s Deep-Bossier Wildcatting

Aethon Energy’s 36.9 MMcf/d Currie #2H north of Houston makes for a third well revealed in the Bossier prospect north of Houston that one longtime Texas wildcatter calls a “big boy play.”

April 10, 2023

Molleston: GeoSouthern's Gamble in the Mid-Bossier Pays Off [WATCH]

Hart Energy's Nissa Darbonne sat down with Geosouthern Energy's President and CEO Meg Molleston to talk about Geosouthern's move from the Eagle Ford to the Haynesville and the obstacles the company faces moving forward with its Block 2 property. 

April 5, 2023

By Hook, Crook and Bolt-on, E&Ps Scramble to Add Inventory

Operators are adding inventory, largely through M&A, as some E&Ps see well productivity plateauing.

March 25, 2023

Inside Comstock’s North Houston ‘Western Haynesville’

Comstock Resources is putting modern horizontals and frac jobs into the deep Bossier, long known to be a super-stocked natgas tank. It’s looking like the new recipe works.

February 23, 2023

Natgas-Bagging: Chesapeake’s Choking Back Haynesville Growth for Now

Chesapeake Energy is teeing up for more natural gas takeaway and LNG demand in late 2023 and into 2024. Plans have been canceled for adding an eighth rig in the Haynesville.

November 6, 2022