EIA expects near-term decline in natural gas production in major shale regions

Natural gas production across all major shale regions in EIA's Drilling Productivity Report is projected to decrease for the first time in September. Production from these seven shale regions reached a high in May at 45.6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) and is expected to decline to 44.9 Bcf/d in September. In each region, production from new wells is not large enough to offset production declines from existing, legacy wells. More »