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Tellurian to Halt Gas Drilling in Haynesville Until Prices Recover

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Tellurian will halt natural gas drilling operations in the Haynesville region until low market prices recover.

  • The US is seeing a broader slowdown in gas directed drilling activity. Cost inflation has lifted the breakeven price for the average Haynesville operator to nearly 3$/mmbtu according to S&P Global. Drilling costs in the Haynesville tend to be higher because natural gas wells are deeper than in other plays.
  • Active drilling rigs in the Haynesville have fallen from 86 over the winter to 61 in the week to 19 April.
  • Dry natural gas production from Haynesville reached new highs of 14.5bcf/d in March compared to the 2022 annual average of 13.1bcf/d according to Enverus. Haynesville accounts for about 14% of all US dry natural gas production.
  • Tellurian produced 19.3bcf in the Q1 2023 compared to just 6.1bcf in Q1 2022 and plans to keep production roughly flat at about 200mmcf/d in 2023.
  • The company is still looking to increase its production footprint in 2023 and 2024 with aims to source its own feedgas for the proposed Driftwood LNG terminal in Louisiana.
    • US Natgas JUN 23 down -2.6% at 2.11$/mmbtu

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