Natural gas production from seven key Lower 48 regions is set to ease lower from December to January as declines from the Haynesville Shale and the Appalachian Basin overshadow Permian Basin gains, according to the latest modeling from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

EIA’s updated Drilling Productivity Report (DPR), which also models production trends for the Anadarko Basin and the Bakken, Eagle Ford and Niobrara shales, called for combined output from the seven regions to fall 200 MMcf/d month/month to 99.025 Bcf/d in January.

The Appalachia (down 135 MMcf/d) and Haynesville (down 122 MMcf/d) regions would see the largest drop in output from December to January, with declines also projected for the Anadarko (down 45 MMcf/d) and Eagle Ford (down 41 MMcf/d),...