Reporting its production statistics for April 2004, Pittsburgh, PA-based Consol Energy said its natural gas production was up 12% over April 2003 due to additional producing wells drilled, while electricity production in the 2004 month fell significantly due to lower peak demand and higher natural gas prices. Consol produced a net 4 Bcf for April 2004, compared to 3.6 Bcf for April 2003. As one of the largest U.S. producers of coalbed methane, Consol produces approximately 146.2 MMcf/d from wells in Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. The company also has joint ventures that produce natural gas in Virginia and Tennessee, while producing electricity from coalbed methane at a joint-venture generating facility in Virginia. The company’s electricity production went from 425 MWh in the 2003 month to 124 MWh in April 2004. Coal production increased from 5.4 million tons in April 2003 to 6.2 million tons in the 2004 month.

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