The Haynesville’s proximity to Gulf Coast LNG demand helps offset weaker drilling inventory than the Marcellus and Utica, with Enverus estimating roughly 12 years of inventory at PV10 half-cycle breakevens below $3 gas. Smaller operators continue adding rigs, although sustaining that activity depends on inventory quality and well economics.
Western Haynesville development offers potential, but recent wells have underperformed early results despite improving drilling efficiency. For oilfield service companies, the opportunity is to identify operators with sustained drilling plans and economic locations, particularly smaller operators expanding activity near LNG markets.
Total record count: 585, with Activity Dates from January 1 through October 12, 2026. Counts include all rows without deduplication.
Top 10 accounts by record count
Rank Account Name Records 1 Apex Natural Gas, LLC (“APEX”) 104 2 Comstock Resources Inc. 59 2 TG Natural Resources (TGNR) 59 4 Expand Energy 50 5 ADAMAS ENERGY LLC 43 6 EXCO Resources, Inc. 31 7 Sabine Energy 23 8 BPX 22 8 Rockcliff Energy III LLC 22 10 Roaring Fork Energy (RFE) 21
Silver Hill Energy Partners, LLC also has 21 records, tying for tenth place. Account names are retained as reported.
Top 5 counties/parishes
County / Parish State Records De Soto Louisiana 96 San Augustine Texas 76 Panola Texas 68 Harrison Texas 59 Caddo Louisiana 48
Records grouped by play area using counties
These are geographic groupings, rather than confirmation of each well’s target formation. The East Texas grouping follows the Texas Railroad Commission’s listed Haynesville/Bossier counties; Western Haynesville uses Robertson, Leon and Freestone. rrc.texas.gov
Play / Geographic Area Counties / Parishes Included Records East Texas Haynesville/Bossier Angelina, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby 277 North Louisiana Haynesville/Bossier Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Webster 241 Western Haynesville Freestone, Leon, Robertson 30 Other East Texas / mixed plays Anderson, Cass, Cherokee, Houston, Morris, Smith, Upshur, Wood 37 Total 585
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