I am pleased to announce that we have moved back to our original trio of websites - GoHaynesvilleShale.com, GoMarcellusShale.com and EagleFordForum.com. The company that provided the software we used was sold to a new company and they are improving and maintaining the software. So, this means that they are no longer phasing out the software that our network of websites relied upon. This is very good news…

As you may have noticed EagleFordForum.com is now GoEagleFordShale.com matching it in terms of branding to our other sites.

Once again the websites are using the original software that so many of you became accustomed to using. You can use your GHS, GMS, EFF registered email and password to log in and you should be good to go. 

Maintaining 3 sites does come with additional operating costs so we will be providing opportunities for our users to contribute toward those expenses via GoFundMe and Paypal. Contributing is, of course, voluntary and the sites remain free and open for anyone to participate.

So, what does this mean for ShaleForum.com? Some of you are saying, “Who cares?” :)

We will be keeping ShaleForum around for a few reasons.

1. It’s insurance. I don’t feel that we are completely out of the woods yet, so we’ll be keeping ShaleForum in our back pocket just in case. Never say never.
2. Open discussions. We have had many discussions started since the original move. I will allow these discussions to remain open and come to their natural conclusions.
3. Tapping into new shale plays. There are areas of exploration that don’t have a natural home on any of our current 3 websites. We can use ShaleForum to branch into new shale plays/regions and to bring on new users.

If you notice anything amiss as you get back on the site, please send me email to keith@shaleforum.com.