State lease sale nets over $90 million

By comparison, acreage up for bid in south Louisiana parishes not involved in the Haynesville Shale drew bonuses of anywhere from $65 an acre to $2500 an ... Read More

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State Weighs Natural-Gas Push

The notion of spending taxpayers' money to help fill U.S. roads with natural-gas-fueled vehicles faces a major test when voters in California, the nation's largest auto market, go to the polls in November. Natural-gas providers are spending millions of dollars on advertising to pe... [More]

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Council debates funding for raises

  Shreveport police may get a raise, but the council is exploring options on how to fund it. And if police officers get a raise, firefighters' pay may also be increased. Shreveport City Councilman Bryan Wooley introduced a proposal during the council's Tuesd... [More]

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La. poised to reap rewards of quest to tap natural gas

Known as the Haynesville Shale, the pockets of gas about two miles beneath the surface are concentrated in Caddo, De Soto, Bossier, Red River, Bienville and ... Read More

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Chesapeake aims proceeds at fields

He said those deals would be structured similarly to one Chesapeake made with Plains Exploration and Production Co. in the Haynesville Shale field. ... Read More

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