Haynesville Shale

The Haynesville Shale is a rock formation mainly composed of consolidated clay-sized particles deposited and buried in northwest Louisiana and East Texas more than 170 million years ago during the Upper Jurassic age. It is characterized by ultra-low permeability but has a high porosity compared to other shales.

The Haynesville Shale came into prominence in 2008 as a potentially major shale gas resource. Producing natural gas from the Haynesville Shale involves drilling wells from 10,000 feet and to 13,000 feet deep. The formation is deeper in areas nearer the Gulf of Mexico. The Haynesville Shale has recently been estimated to be the largest natural gas field in the contiguous 48 states with an estimated 250 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas. Production has boomed since late March 2008, creating a number of new millionaires in the Shreveport, Louisiana region.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Natural Gas from Louisiana's Haynesville Shale Will Be Used for Drop-in Vehicle Fuels

Carbon Sciences Inc., the developer of abreakthrough technology to make gasoline and other transportation fuels from natural gas and carbon dioxide, announced on September 21 that recent plans for a major project in Louisiana “confirm that a gas-to-liquids (GTL (News - Alert)) strategy is [America’s] best approach for energy independence.”



Johannesburg, South African energy and chemicals group Sasolsaid earlier this month that it has chosen the southwestern region of the State of Louisiana as the site for the first-ever U.S. plant to produce GTL transportation fuels and other products.
Sasol Managing Director of New Business Development Ernst Oberholster commented, “We believe Sasol’s proprietary GTL technology can help unlock the potential of Louisiana’s clean and abundant natural gas resources and contribute to an affordable, reliable, and high-quality fuel supply for the United States.”
Sasol will embark on a feasibility study to evaluate the viability of a GTL venture in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, over the next 18 months. The feasibility study will consider two options: a facility that produces two million tons per annum or a facility that produces four million tons per annum.
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