SOME natural gas producers in the US shale patch are benefiting from crude producers curtailing output, particularly in the Permian basin, which is responsible for more than half of the nation's associated gas output. The shrinking supply of associated gas has helped to slightly alleviate a glut of natural gas supply that producers were battling last year, and which stretched into 2020 as natural gas prices hit historic lows due to a warmer winter. Following the earlier decline, companies planned for flat to declining production in 2020 and into early 2021.
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