North Arkansas's Fayetteville Shale is an unconventional gas reservoir, ranging in depth from 1500 feet to 6500 feet. The Fayetteville Shale is Mississippian in age and is the geologic equivalent to the Caney Shale in Oklahoma and the Barnett Shale in North Texas. Approximately 20 vertical tests have been completed with flow rates Ranging between 200 MCFGPD and 1,000 MCFGPD. The first horizontal completion initially flowed at the rate of 3,700 MCFGPD. This play is in its infancy and is potentially another Barnett Shale Play in the making.

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