While some Lower 48 plays are expected to see natural gas production trend upward over the next month, overall output from seven key U.S. regions is set to decline from April to May, according to updated figures released Monday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Natural Gas Production

Total output from the seven regions — the Anadarko, Appalachia and Permian basins, as well as the Bakken, Eagle Ford, Haynesville shales and Niobrara formation — is expected to fall by 149 MMcf/d month/month to 82.783 Bcf/d in May, EIA said in its latest Drilling Productivity Report (DPR).

That would include rising output from the Haynesville (up an estimated 104 MMcf/d from April to May) and the Permian (up 61 MMcf/d), with declines expected from the Anadarko (down 124 MMcf/d), Appalachia (down 65...