Fracking Sends Northeast Natural Gas Output to Record
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Natural gas production from the Marcellus shale deposit in the Northeast surged above 15 billion cubic feet a day for the first time, as hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling unlocked underground supplies.
Gross output from the region will average 15.235 billion cubic feet a day this month, up 28 percent from a year earlier, and 15.482 billion in August, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said today in a monthly report. Marcellus gas accounts for about 16 percent of gross U.S. production, up from 2 percent in 2008.