EIA: May U.S. NatGas Output Nearly Flat Year/Year

摘要

Production from unconventional wells in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale was strong enough to keep the U.S. gas output total at 81.84 Bcf/d in May, just 0.3% higher than the 81.61 Bcf/d reported in May 2012, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The Other States category, which excludes Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming, Alaska and the federal offshore Gulf of Mexico, but includes key Marcellus state Pennsylvania, increased production to 25.62 Bcf/d in May, up 3.30 Bcf/d from 22.42 Bcf/d in May 2012, according to EIA's latest Monthly Natural Gas Gross Production Report. The category's increase came "as several opera- tors reported new wells in the Marcellus Shale," EIA said Wednesday.