Oklahoma natural gas production increased in July

Natural gas production hit another record high in July according to recent figures released by the Energy Information Administration.

Gross gas production from the lower 48 states rose to 92.5 Bcf/d which was a nearly 2 percent increase from June and nearly 12 percent higher than July 2017.

Oklahoma’s natural gas production in July was 8,130 million cubic feet a day, or one percent more than in June. Production was also 18.3 percent higher than in July 2017.

Gas production in Kansas increased by nearly 5% in July over June, reaching 565 million cubic feet a day. However, the July production was 7.1% less than one year ago.

The national production grew as producers developed more operations from gas-rich formations in the northeast and new supplies from oil fields in Texas and North Dakota.

The increase was also due to new pipelines that allowed more gas in the Appalachian region to reach market. More drilling was seen in Louisiana’s Haynesville shale and rising crude prices supported more drilling in the Permian basin.

Gas output from Texas, the state with the highest gas production, rose in July to 24.6 Bcf/d, up by 1.5pc from June and 9.9pc higher than a year earlier, the EIA said.

North Dakota gas production, a byproduct of crude output from the Bakken formation, increased in July to 2.4 Bcf/d, a 3.9pc gain from July and a rise of 26pc from a year earlier.

Production from Louisiana, home to a portion of the Haynesville shale, increased by 3.3pc in July to top 8 Bcf/d, a year-over-year increase of 49pc.

Production from Pthe Marcellus and Utica shales in Pennsylvania and Ohio, rose by 3pc and 4.3pc, respectively, to nearly 17 Bcf/d and 6.5 Bcf/d. Output from West Virginia, another key producing state in Appalachia, fell to 4.6 Bcf/d in July, down by 4.4pc from a month earlier, the EIA said.