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Marcellus Shale gas production growth “continues unabated,” while Utica Shale gas output has also seen “significant growth,” prompting ICF International to lift its output expectation for the combined plays to 25 Bcf/d by 2020.

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP and Pioneer Natural Resources have expanded an existing gas processing agreement that will lead to the construction of 200 MMcf/d of additional cryogenic capacity to serve production from the Permian Basin in West Texas.

Natural gas supplies that were interrupted at the Opal hub in Wyoming following an explosion and fire were being flowed through a different processing plant Thursday afternoon. Opal had been supplying up to 1 Bcf/d to interstate pipelines before the incident Wednesday at the Williams Partners LP facility.

May natural gas is set to open 4 cents higher Wednesday morning at $4.57 as traders weigh issues with natural gas storage builds. Overnight oil markets rose.

Unusually cold weather that remained in place over portions of the country into the last days of winter helped drive working natural gas in storage to an estimated 826 Bcf at the end of March, the lowest level in 11 years. But a rebuild of nearly 2,600 Bcf over the injection season is expected to push inventories up to 3,422 Bcf by the end of October, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Unusually cold weather that remained in place over portions of the country into the last days of winter helped drive working natural gas in storage to an…

Freeze-offs and colder-than-usual temperatures across the United States failed to squash U.S. dry natural gas production in January, with total output of 2.098 Tcf, breaking December's record volume of 2.092 Tcf, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported. Gross withdrawals in the Lower 48 increased to 2.640 Tcf, up from a revised December figure of 2.631 Tcf.

U.S. dry natural gas production during January wasn't slowed…

North American shale natural gas production will grow to 64 Bcf/d by 2022, led by the Marcellus Shale, which will be responsible for 17 Bcf/d of that total, and maybe more, according to a new analysis by Ziff Energy.