Imagine the Bartlett, Arkoma, and Fayetteville Shale to the Reelfoot Rift/Mississippi Embayment as an
Arc surrounding and caused by the uplift of the Ouachita Mountain
Range, the only East West Range in the US.

The Barnett and Fayetteville being on either side of the shallow
Arkoma.

In Arkansas, the farther East you go, the deeper the play is. To know where the current plays are, follow the County Judge.

He must be told which roads will be used/destroyed to get the wells up and running.

Right now White and Van Buren are the big plays. A man (from an article on road taxes being taken out of royalty payments) said that the 2 lane road in front of his house has interstate 40 type traffic on it.

"I don't know what they're building up there, but it must be huge (Searcy,
White County, Chaesapeake Energy)."

"Ouachita Mountain
Range, the only East West Range in the US"

the granite range of wyoming is east-west also.