Barnett Shale

We want to hear from you!

Have a question about the Barnett Shale? We want to hear it, and we'll do our best to respond. You can post your question in any of our blog posts, or email or phone us directly. This fall, we also plan to launch a broader Barnett Shale web page that, among other things, will include an area map and terms of lease offers that different neighborhoods have received. We'd love to see a copy of your lease offer. Please email, mail, or fax it to us.

Here's how to contact us:

Mike Lee, Fort Worth city hall, mikelee@star-telegram.com, (817) 390-7539

Jim Fuquay, energy reporter, jfuquay@star-telegram.com, (817) 390-7552

David Wethe, energy reporter, dwethe@star-telegram.com, (817) 390-7616

Richard Stubbe, assistant government affairs editor, rstubbe@star-telegram.com, (817) 390-7084

Bill Bowen, assistant business editor, energy editor, bbowen@star-telegram.com, (817) 390-7874

Scott Nishimura, business editor, snishimura@star-telegram.com, (817) 390-7808

FAX: (817) 390-7774

To mail copies of lease offers: Scott Nishimura, Business editor, Star-Telegram, P.O. Box 1870, Fort Worth, Texas, 76101.

Thank you!

Drilling deeper for Barnett Shale answers?

You've come to the right place. Welcome to "Blogging the Barnett Shale," the Star-Telegram's new blog on all things-Barnett Shale.

We'll blog on everything from what's going on with leasing offers in your neighborhood, to what's going on down at City Hall, and what's up with the landmen and drilling companies that are working in the Shale. We want this blog to help serve as a conduit for conversations our readers are already sharing with each other. If you know of something going in your neighborhood, please share it with us! Anything's fair game.

Blogging the Barnett Shale will also be only the first part of an expanded coverage of the Shale in the Star-Telegram. In a month or so, we'll launch a Barnett Shale web page containing the latest info on what's going on with lease offers in neighborhoods around the region, graphics on how the drilling process works, a history of the Shale and the significance of the gas play underneath all of our homes, bios of the players, and Q&As on your offer and what happens next.

Thank you for visiting us, and check back often!

-- Mike, Jim, Scott, Bill, and Richard