Tuscaloosa Marine Shale

Tuscaloosa Marine Shale
Tuscaloosa Marine Overview: Located along the Louisiana/Mississippi border, the TMS is very much in its early innings, and faces a significant amount of assessment drilling and development work in the months ahead. Read More

Tuscaloosa Marine Counties: LA:Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Catahoula, Concordia Read More

Tuscaloosa Marine Pipelines (natural gas): ANR, Columbia Gulf, Florida Gas Transmission, Gulf South, Kinder Morgan Louisiana, Louisiana Intrastate Gas, Pine Prairie Energy Hub, Southern Natural, Tennessee, Texas Eastern Transmission, Texas Gas Transmission, Transco, Trunkline Read More

Tuscaloosa Marine Acreage Table: A table detailing the net acreage owned by various companies in the Tuscaloosa Marine. View Table

ARTICLES

Rocky E&P Quarterlies Forecast on Oil Price Declines

Talk about domestic natural gas oversupply may not be the big story when the domestic exploration and production (E&P) sector unveils quarterly earnings reports over the next few weeks. Instead, conversations may center around the impact lower crude oil prices had on the third quarter, and what impact lower prices may have on drilling plans into 2015, energy analysts said this week. Read More

Goodrich Completes Two TMS Wells, Nears Completion on Three More

Goodrich Petroleum Corp. said two wells it completed in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale in Mississippi had peak 24-hour average production that met at least 1,000 boe/d, and it is in various stages of completing three additional wells targeting the play. Read More

Goodrich's Latest TMS Well In Line With Play's 'Best'

Goodrich Petroleum Corp. Tuesday turned in results for its latest Tuscaloosa Marine Shale well, and they show improvement from some other wells recently drilled... Read More

Goodrich Hunting for Nature's Fracks in the TMS

Goodrich Petroleum Corp. and its peers have had some recent disappointments in the emerging Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) of Louisiana and Mississippi. Goodrich shares are off about 35% since mid-June, but CEO Gil Goodrich remains a TMS believer and said the industry's understanding of the play is advancing rapidly, if a bit unevenly. Read More

Halcon Reports Record Quarter, But Second TMS Well Sidetracked

Halcon Resources Corp. continued making gains on drilling and completion efficiencies in the second quarter, mainly in the Williston Basin, where the Bakken/Three Forks Shale accounted for more than half of its record-breaking 42,055 boe/d. Read More

Encana Awash in Cash as Oil, Liquids Output Jumps

Encana Corp. still reigns as Canada's top natural gas explorer, but it's quickly making a name for itself as a nimble onshore oil/liquids operator... Read More

First Sanchez-Operated TMS Well Hits a Snag

Sanchez Energy Corp.'s first operated Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) well ran into trouble during clean out, and the well's lateral is currently being sidetracked, Sanchez said Wednesday. Read More

Goodrich TMS Well Makes Weak Showing

The latest Tuscaloosa Marine Shale well production results from Goodrich Petroleum Inc. continued a downward trend that began last month as the company's Beech Grove 94H-1 turned in a disappointing number. Read More

Latest Goodrich TMS Well Weaker Than Last

Goodrich Petroleum Corp.'s latest Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) well results, announced Wednesday, were a bit of a disappointment after a string of successes in the emerging play. Read More

Halcon's First Operated TMS Well 'In Line' With Others in the Play

The oil-rich Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) of Louisiana and Mississippi is evolving into a world-class play, according to Halcon Resources Corp. CEO Floyd Wilson. On Monday the company turned in the numbers for its first operated TMS well, which are in line with those of peers in the play. Read More

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