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Appalachia leads the nation in natural gas production! OCS continues to lag.

Posted in energy policy, Gulf of Mexico, natural gas, Offshore Energy - General, pipelines, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 19, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Marcellus drill site, Lycoming County, PA

Per EIA data, the Appalachia, Permian, and Haynesville regions accounted for 67% of the total marketed gas production in the US in 2025 and 81% of the growth last year.

In 2025, more natural gas was produced in the Appalachia region of the Northeast than in any other US region, accounting for 31% of marketed natural gas production. (See the chart below.) Were it not for pipeline capacity limitations, recent growth in Appalachia production would have been greater.

Appalachia production is primarily from the Marcellus and Utica shales in PA, WV, and Ohio.

OCS gas production, 80% of which is now associated gas from deepwater oil wells, continues to lag the shale basins. This is a big change from 25 years ago when the OCS produced more gas than any state but Texas. (See the chart below.) Interest in ultradeep (subsurface) OCS shelf gas prospects remains scant despite favorable demand forecasts and technological advances.

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Meanwhile, New York continues to block development of the State’s ample shale gas resources. foregoing the economic and environmental benefits.

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AAPG: “A Gulf Coast Gas Crunch is Imminent”

Posted in energy policy, Gulf of Mexico, natural gas, Offshore Energy - General, tagged , , , , , , on February 3, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Excellent AAPG article

“We have not been finding enough new fields.” That’s William DeMis, president of Richelle Court, LLC, who said that, in addition to not finding enough, we keep erecting new ways to export what we’re not finding.

The way, he said, to avert the coming shortage is for people to find new sources of gas outside of Haynesville field, which for years, considering its proximity to the Gulf Coast, and the petrochemical plants of Southwest Louisiana, as well as pipelines, made it a swing producer for natural gas.

“But I can tell you from bitter experience over the last three years that finding people to fund greenfield exploration is darn near impossible. There is scant capital to drill natural gas wildcats in the U.S.” said DeMis.

Reiterating that it’s time for another look at ultradeep shelf gas in the Gulf. Should BOEM consider royalty incentives?

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