Walter Johnson's Page

In case you are not aware, the HSLA is now wrapping up its current acreage pool. It will be your turn at the negotiation table in just a few short days and we are closing out our volume of acreage for this negotiation cycle now.

Although there will be another cycle, if you are to be included in this acreage group, we need your information in hand by this Saturday, August 23.

You can mail your HSLA Binding Agreement with your check for $ 50.00 to:

Haynesville Shale Landowners Association
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Maybe it's the full moon. Maybe it's Friday night. Or maybe it's just coincidence that the same week the Haynesville Shale Landowners Association presents to a packed out house in Vivian, the Huffington Post decides to give us a write up!

Check it out!
The Largest Onland Gas Field in the U.S.: The Haynesville Shale and My Father Was Right...

Many thanks to Vivian Norris de Montaigu for… Continue

Last night the HSLA went to Vivian for our first Citizens Information Meeting and it was a packed house. With hundreds in attendance, Board Attorney Walter Johnson took the audience from current Haynesville Shale events all the way through to what the HSLA can do for its Members. As always, a spirited Question and Answer session followed in Fellowship Hall, complete with a food reception and light snacks. Attendees signed up on the spot, and walked out with their yard signs in hand.

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Now a brief news announcement on what’s been happening lately at Chesapeake:
Chesapeake Announces Completion of Arkoma Basin Woodford Shale Transaction
- August 12, 2008 8:07 AM EDT

OKLAHOMA CITY-
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) today announced that it has closed the sale of its Arkoma Basin Woodford Shale assets to BP America Inc. (NYSE: BP) for approximately $1.7 billion in cash.

Aubrey K. McClendon, Chesapeake’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are pleased to announce the c… Continue

Greetings, greetings, greetings to all you Haynesville Shale play landowners out there. Got in way too late from Shady Grove in Bossier City last night to submit a write up, but now that the coffee pot has got us perked up, here's the latest:

The HSLA continues to move into Bossier City. Right now, we happen to be circulating in and around South Bossier - Shady Grove, Bellaire and Golden Meadows. A big shout out goes to Theus and Lori Sears of Bossier - they have been instrumental in securing o… Continue