Less natural gas was used in the United States in February than in the second month of 2015, while production was up, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
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NatGas Output Falls for Second Straight Month
U.S. natural gas production was 2.32 Tcf in February, down from 2.38 Tcf in February 2012, and both marketed production (1.95 Tcf, compared with 1.99 Tcf) and dry gas production (1.85 Tcf, compared with 1.89 Tcf) were down from the year-ago period, according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Monthly Energy Review (MER).
NatGas Production Down from Year-Ago Period for Second Straight Month
U.S. natural gas production was 2.32 Tcf in February, down from 2.38 Tcf in February 2012, and both marketed production (1.95 Tcf, compared with 1.99 Tcf) and dry gas production (1.85 Tcf, compared with 1.89 Tcf) were down from the year-ago period, according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Monthly Energy Review (MER).
EIA: Marcellus Production to Boost Lower 48 Total This Year
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects total domestic marketed natural gas production to increase to 69.8 Bcf/d in 2013 from 69.2 Bcf/d in 2012, and to drop slightly to 69.5 Bcf/d in 2014. Growth in Lower 48 onshore production, driven largely by the Marcellus Shale and other shale plays, will continue through 2014, although it will be offset by Gulf of Mexico declines, EIA said.
Alberta’s Natural Gas, Oil Shale Potential Said to Be Colossal
After more than a century of production from conventional pools, astronomical volumes still await the new methods of extracting natural gas and oil from Alberta’s shale, according to provincial earth scientists.
Oilier Plays Remain Foundation of Rig Count Increases
The number of operating unconventional rigs increased by seven (1%) in the week ending Sept. 14 but was down significantly (140 rigs, or 14%) compared to last year, according to NGI’s Shale Daily Unconventional Rig Count.
Shale Making Gas ‘Opportunity of a Lifetime’ in British Columbia
British Columbia (BC) Premier Christy Clark trekked north to see new gas processing and pipeline facilities start work in the resource-rich region where Canada’s western-most province meets the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
New Brunswick Proposes Bevy of Oil, Gas Regulatory Changes
Officials in New Brunswick unveiled a list of more than 100 recommended changes to the province’s regulatory framework for oil and natural gas on Thursday, including tougher casing and cementing standards, increased water protections and substantially higher royalties.
Shale Plays Continue to Drive Up U.S. Production, EIA Says
Strong growth in the total marketed production of natural gas last year — an estimated increase of 4.8 Bcf/d (7.9%) compared with 2010 — was driven in large part by increases in shale gas production, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Alberta Government’s Budget Floating on Shale
A rush for liquids-rich natural gas and tight oil embedded in dense rock formations, using shale drilling methods imported from the United States, is bailing the Alberta government out of sinking deeply into the red.