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MarkWest Energy Partners LP is in the process of expanding its Bluestone Processing Facility in Western Pennsylvania by 400 MMcf/d.

MarkWest Energy Partners LP is in the process of expanding its Bluestone Processing Facility in Western Pennsylvania by 400 MMcf/d.

Daily natural gas and oil production from the big U.S. unconventional plays is declining, but as better technology and more efficiencies are put into place…

Daily natural gas and oil production from the big U.S. unconventional plays is declining, but as better technology and more efficiencies are put into place, new wells are seeing stronger output, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said.

Growth in the Williston Basin in North Dakota is the key to ONEOK Partners expected ramp-up of natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) production in the second half this year, CEO Terry Spencer told financial analysts Wednesday.

Crude oil production fell in the Eagle Ford and Bakken shales but increased in the Permian Basin in February, while natural gas production accelerated in the Haynesville Shale and isn’t projected to slow down through April, according to drilling productivity reports by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Permian Basin and Midcontinent operator Cimarex Energy Co. reported record quarterly production for 4Q2014, as it cut its capital expenditures by half for 2015 and unveiled a plan to reduce its operated rig count to six during 2Q2015.

Production from the nation’s seven most prolific shale and tight oil regions continues to surge ever higher and is expected to reach 45.44 Bcf/d of natural gas and 5.52 b/d of oil next month, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Stone Energy Corp.’s first Utica Shale well in West Virginia’s Wetzel County had a peak five-day test rate of 30 MMcf/d, the company said, in yet another confirmation of the formation’s potential in the state, where multiple operators began testing it this year (see Shale Daily, March 26).