Pennsylvania – update through September 2019

September gas production came in at 18.6 Bcf/d, unchanged from the previous month. After several years of major improvements, well productivity is up only by a few percent since 2017 (see the “Well quality” tab).

Pennsylvania – update through August 2019

After record gas production in July, August set a new high again at 18.6 Bcf/d. But completion activity is lower than last year; 473 wells came online in the first 8 months of this year, versus 525 in the same period last year.

Pennsylvania – update through July 2019

Natural gas production from these horizontal wells stayed at 18.3 Bcf/d in June. Similar to previous years, almost no growth was seen in the first 6 months of the year. During this period, 314 wells started production, slightly below the count in the same time frame last year (353).

Pennsylvania – update through June 2019

Natural gas production from these horizontal wells stayed at 18.3 Bcf/d in June. Similar to previous years, almost no growth was seen in the first 6 months of the year. During this period, 314 wells started production, slightly below the count in the same time frame last year (353).

Pennsylvania – update through May 2019

Similar to last year, May production dipped m-o-m and came in at 18.1 Bcf/d, a y-o-y increase of 2.4 Bcf/d. Well performance has increased a lot over the years, as is visible in the ‘Well quality’ tab. The 594 horizontal wells that began production in 2010 needed 6 years before they recovered an average of 3 Bcf of natural gas. The 748 horizontal wells that came online in 2017 recovered as much in just 14 months.

Marcellus (PA) – update through April 2019

This interactive presentation contains the latest gas (and a little oil) production data, from all 8,915 horizontal wells in Pennsylvania that started producing from 2010 onward, through April. With March revisions in, it has become clear that another record was set, at 18.4 Bcf/d. April natural gas production was at a similar level. New wells recover on average more than 4 Bcf of gas in the first 2 years on production (‘Well quality’ tab). It took each of the ~1,300 horizontal wells, that began production in 2013, more than 5 years to reach that level.

Marcellus (PA) – update through March 2019

Gas production in Pennsylvania dropped by a small amount in March, but remained close to January’s record output, at 18.2 Bcf/d. In the first quarter of this year, 147 wells started production, almost unchanged from a year earlier (142).

Marcellus (PA) – update through February 2019

Gas production in Pennsylvania fell by 1% m-o-m in February to 18.1 Bcf/d, after setting a new record in January. Compared with a year earlier, this was just over 2 Bcf/d higher.

Marcellus (PA) – update through January 2019

Gas production in Pennsylvania started this year at 18.3 Bcf/d, a new record and an annual growth rate of 2.5 Bcf/d (16%). In 2018 10% more wells began production compared with the year before and, as you can find in the ‘Well quality’ tab, they peaked at a 16% higher rate (11,900 Mcf/d versus 10,300 Mcf/d).

Marcellus (PA) – update through December 2018

Gas production in Pennsylvania ended last year at over 18 Bcf/d, with a y-o-y growth rate of 2 Bcf/d. This was the result of the addition of 6.8 Bcf/d from the just over 800 horizontal wells that started production in 2018, minus the 4.8 Bcf/d decline from legacy wells. Such a large contribution from new wells (6.8 Bcf/d in a year) has not been seen before in Pennsylvania.