Breaking from a prolonged downtrend that dates back to before the Covid-19 pandemic, natural gas output from seven key U.S. onshore regions is poised to grow from June to July, according to updated modeling from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Natural gas production from the Anadarko, Appalachia and Permian basins, as well as from the Bakken, Eagle Ford Haynesville shales and Niobrara formation, is on track to rise by 50 MMcf/d from June to July to reach 84.302 Bcf/d, EIA said in the latest edition of its Drilling Productivity Report (DPR).

The DPR makes use of recent rig data along with drilling productivity estimates and estimated changes in production from existing wells to model changes in production from the seven regions. The last time EIA modeled a...