Anadarko's properties in the Southern region are located primarily in Texas and are focused on finding and developing natural gas resources from tight sands and fractured reservoir plays. Anadarko is active in the Bossier, Haley, Carthage, Chalk, South Texas and Ozona areas in Texas and the Hugoton area in southern Kansas.

View Anadarko's quarterly operations report and investor presentations for our most recent activity in the U.S. Southern region.

East Texas

Production and development activities at Anadarko's properties in East Texas are concentrated in the Bossier and Carthage areas. Anadarko is continuing its Cotton Valley infill and pilot horizontal drilling programs in the Carthage area. Anadarko's East Texas Chalk activity is focused on horizontal drilling in Tyler and Jasper counties. Much of the 2007 activity and 2008 plans involve extending the field boundaries and drilling infill development wells to optimize well spacing.

West Texas

Anadarko's operations in West Texas are concentrated on increasing production and reserves in the tight gas play of the Haley field. During 2007, Anadarko entered into a joint venture on a portion of the Haley field to reduce risk and increase acreage in the Delaware Basin. In 2008, the joint venture expects to drill more than 40 wells in the Haley field. Anadarko also continues its development activities in the Ozona field where we anticipate drilling about 50 wells in 2008.

South Texas and Hugoton

Other areas in the Southern region include properties in South Texas and the Hugoton field in southern Kansas. In South Texas, we had an active drilling program in Starr and Hidalgo counties, and this activity continues into 2008. The Hugoton field continues to be a long-life, slow-decline asset for Anadarko with more than 1,200 producing natural gas wells.