IPAA Austin, Texas October 28, 2004 HALLWOOD PETROLEUM, LLC IPAA Austin, Texas October 28, 2004 HALLWOOD PETROLEUM, LLC.

IPAAAustin, Texas

October 28, 2004HALLWOOD PETROLEUM, LLC

IPAAAustin, Texas


•Barnett Shale gas is an unconventional resource

•Johnson County has long been known to have Barnett Shale

•This Barnett Shale was known to contain gas

•Missing Viola and Forestburg frac barriers

•Six wells targeted the Barnett Shale

•Yielding two marginal producers and a few shut in wells

•Barnett Shale gas is an unconventional resource

•Johnson County has long been known to have Barnett Shale

•This Barnett Shale was known to contain gas

•Missing Viola and Forestburg frac barriers

•Six wells targeted the Barnett Shale

•Yielding two marginal producers and a few shut in wells

JOHNSON COUNTY, TEXAS Unconventional Barnett Shale

JOHNSON COUNTY, TEXAS Unconventional Barnett Shale

•Produce gas without Ellenburger water

•Cut costs

•Improve on results

•Cut costs


•Repeat these steps one as often as possible. . . . .

•Produce gas without Ellenburger water

•Cut costs


•Cut costs


•Repeat these steps one as often as possible. . . . .

OBJECTIVESIn the Johnson County Barnett

OBJECTIVESIn the Johnson County Barnett

•Acquired approximately 25,000 net acres

•Drilled four exploratory wells

•Designed completions that avoided conventional wisdom

•Avoided Ellenburger water in three out of four wells

•Established commercial gas production

•Built our own infrastructure

•Acquired approximately 25,000 net acres

•Drilled four exploratory wells

•Designed completions that avoided conventional wisdom

•Avoided Ellenburger water in three out of four wells

•Established commercial gas production

•Built our own infrastructure

HALLWOOD’S APROACH THROUGH 2002

HALLWOOD’S APROACH THROUGH 2002

•First gas sales February 2003

•Continued drilling vertical wells to evaluate shale

•Evaluated various frac techniques

•Each design built upon the last, both good and bad

•Micro polymer, foamed gel, slick water

•Varying rates, sand concentrations, sand sizes

•Varied perforating strategies

•First gas sales February 2003

•Continued drilling vertical wells to evaluate shale

•Evaluated various frac techniques

•Each design built upon the last, both good and bad

•Micro polymer, foamed gel, slick water

•Varying rates, sand concentrations, sand sizes

•Varied perforating strategies

TIMELINE THROUGH 2003TIMELINE THROUGH 2003

SUBSEA DEPTH

WEST EAST

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VERTICAL WELLS

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FRAC STATISTICS HORIZONTAL WELLS

HORIZONTAL COMPLETIONSHORIZONTAL COMPLETIONS

DAYS ON MMCF

CEDF 1 30 42,231

Childress 1 30 19,294

McAnier 1 30 101,467

Buffalo Ridge 2H 30 85,270

Falvel 2H 30 103,699

Lakeview 1H 30 124,876

Godley 2H 30 157,451

Williams 3H 30 196,491

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HORIZONTAL WELLS

HORIZONTAL COMPLETIONSHORIZONTAL COMPLETIONS

DAYS ON MMCF

CEDF #1 335 221,981

Childress #1 293 464,131

McAnier #1 261 654,334

Buffalo Ridge 132 357,787

Falvel #2H 122 420,467

Lakeview 1H 102 464,981

Godley 2H 57 269,395

Williams 3H 30 196,491

TOTAL ACREAGETOTAL ACREAGE

Cleburne

Godley

Rio Vista

Lakeview 1

Harrison 1

•No markets•No markets

Unconventional resources may occur where there is no

infrastructure.


infrastructure.

HALLWOOD ENERGY CORPORATION


Compressor Station Construction

Cleburne Facility Facility is Operating at 70 MMCFD Designed for 140 MMCFD and suction 40 psi

Godley Facility Facility is Operating at 40 MMCFD Designed for 50 MMCFD and suction 30 psi

Rio Vista Facility Facility is Operating at 25 MMCFD Designed for 50 MMCFD and suction 30 psi

– Entire system to run at 80-200 psi at wellhead.

PIPELINE FACILITYPIPELINE FACILITY



North Half of Northern Acreage

Ponderosa Pine Power Plant

Lake Marti

City of Cleburne #1

CEDF #1

Worthington SWD

City of Cleburne #2H & #3H

Cooper #2

Cooper #1

Williams #1

Cleburne Compressor StationKennon #1

Williams #2

Buffalo Ridge #2

Buffalo Ridge #1Lightfoot #1

Tucker #1

Brown #1

Cody Hunter #3

Mary Ann #1

Godley #1EOG EOG

R Smith #1

HALLWOOD SWD, INC.HALLWOOD SWD, INC.

Cleburne Disposal Site

Next SWD Well

City of Cleburne #1

HEC Office

Ponderosa Pine Power Plant

Worthington 1 SWD

•No markets

•No water disposals

•No markets



infrastructure.


infrastructure.

CLEBURNE DISPOSAL FACILITY




BB

LS

Fully Automated for fresh water loading or salt water disposal

•No markets


•An uninformed public

•No markets




infrastructure.


infrastructure.

•Lease forms that are simple, yet fair to everyone

•Equitable bonus and royalty terms

•An opportunity to educate

•Lease forms that are simple, yet fair to everyone

•Equitable bonus and royalty terms

•An opportunity to educate

An uninformed public - positivesAn uninformed public - positives

•The education process can be frustrating and time consuming

•We may be viewed as the stereotypical JR Ewing

•Visions of Jeb Clampett

•The neighborhood real estate attorney begins practicing oil and gas law

•The education process can be frustrating and time consuming

•We may be viewed as the stereotypical JR Ewing

•Visions of Jeb Clampett

•The neighborhood real estate attorney begins practicing oil and gas law

An uninformed public - negativesAn uninformed public - negatives

•No markets



•An hour drive to the nearest bull plug salesman

•No markets



•An hour drive to the nearest bull plug salesman


infrastructure.


infrastructure.

•Lower vertical drilling costs

•Lower horizontal well costs



UNCONVENTIONAL GAS MEANS

CONTINUING EDUCATION



DRILLING COMPARISONDRILLING COMPARISON

Vertical – Air vs Mud

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Cody Hunter 3-Air

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Airport 1-Mud

Mayfield 2-Mud

Drilling Days

DRILLING COMPARISONDRILLING COMPARISON

Horizontal – Air vs Mud

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CEDF 1-Mud

McAnier 1-H-Mud

Childress 2-H-Mud

Buffalo Ridge 2-H-Air

Lakeview 1-H-Mud

Falvel 2-H-Air

Days Drilling



•Evaluate perforating strategies

•Optimize horizontal well spacing

•Optimize horizontal frac volumes



•Evaluate perforating strategies

•Optimize horizontal well spacing

•Optimize horizontal frac volumes





We should not be surprised when doing the same as we have always done yields the same results we have always gotten.

We must innovate.

We must continue to improve.

IPAAAustin, Texas


IPAAAustin, Texas


IPAA Austin, Texas October 28, 2004 HALLWOOD PETROLEUM, LLC IPAA Austin, Texas October 28, 2004 HALLWOOD PETROLEUM, LLC.

Documents

gas sales

williams 3h30196

barnett shaleyielding

llcbarnett shale gas

wellsjohnson county

buffalo ridge 2h3085

falvel 2h30103

johnson county barnettacquired