Within the Haynesville play in east Texas and Louisiana, energy companies target two stacked intervals — the Haynesville and the slightly shallower Middle Bossier. Historically, operators only target a single zone in a development or add one well testing the other zone. However, we recently identified a few larger-scale developments involving four to six wells across the two intervals (Figure 1). The spacing configurations vary between these developments, with some designs directly stacking wells and other designs stagger-stacking wells. Horizontal spacing varies from three to five wells per section between laterals in both designs, and vertical separation between intervals also varies across the play.
With only a few examples of larger-scale, two-zone development in the Haynesville play, there is uncertainty around optimal spacing and well configuration that can only be resolved with more frequent larger-scale development. View our latest Haynesville Play Fundamentals report to dive deeper into this topic and see our view on the potential for stacked pay development within the Haynesville play.
FIGURE 1 | Spacing Patterns of Haynesville-Middle Bossier Stacked Developments
