Fine-tuning the Marcellus: New project will study the effects of shale gas production in the Marcellus Shale

摘要

There is no denying that the Marcellus Shale is a whopper of a gas play or that production in the Utica Shale - once touted as the little brother to the Marcellus - has certainly bulked up in recent years. Since January 2012, natural gas production in the two regions has accounted for 85% of the increase in natural gas production reported in the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Drilling Productivity Report and has driven recent growth in total U.S. natural gas production, according to a press release issued by the EIA in late July.