Appalachia is churning out 36 Bcf/d of natural gas, or just over one-third of Lower 48 production, and the region has the potential to produce considerably more — if demand warrants and sufficient takeaway infrastructure is in place. The big question for Appalachia E&Ps as 2025 draws to a close is whether their collective gas output will finally break out from the rangebound volumes they’ve been producing through the first half of this decade. In today’s RBN blog, we discuss highlights from our new Drill Down Report on Marcellus/Utica gas supply, demand and pipeline egress.
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The Shale Revolution changed everything in the Northeast U.S. In the 2010s, Marcellus/Utica natural gas production increased from less than 2 Bcf/d to a staggering 33 Bcf/d, and the region flipped from being heavily dependent on piped-in gas from the Gulf Coast, the Midcon, the Rockies and Canada to a gas-production powerhouse. Not only was Appalachia suddenly producing enough gas to meet the Northeast’s needs, but midstream companies were scrambling to add new pipeline capacity to transport many billions of cubic feet of Marcellus/Utica gas a day to the Midwest, the Southeast and the Gulf Coast itself.
As shown in Figure 1 below, gas production in the broader Appalachia region (Marcellus/Utica plus other, much smaller production areas) has been hovering between 34 Bcf/d and 36 Bcf/d through the first half of the 2020s. Of the current ~35 Bcf/d of Marcellus/Utica production, about 11 Bcf/d comes out of the dry Marcellus in northeastern Pennsylvania and the other 24 Bcf/d comes out of the wet Marcellus/Utica: ~10 Bcf/d from northern West Virginia, ~9 Bcf/d from southwestern Pennsylvania and ~5 Bcf/d from eastern Ohio. (RBN estimates that more than 1 MMb/d of NGLs is currently being “recovered” — that is, not “rejected” into natural gas for its Btu value — in the wet Marcellus/Utica, more than 400 Mb/d in both southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia and more than 200 Mb/d in eastern Ohio.)
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About the song
“Don’t Stop Believin’” was written by Journey members Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain and Neal Schon. The song appears as the first song on side one of Journey’s seventh studio album, Escape. It was recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA, and produced by Kevin Elson and Mike Stone. Released as the second single in October 1981, the song went to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. It has sold more than 7 million digital downloads in the U.S., placing it in the Top 10 of digital song downloads. It has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Personnel on the record were: Steve Perry (lead vocals), Ross Valory (bass, backing vocals), Jonathan Cain (keyboards, backing vocals), Neal Schon (guitars, backing vocals) and Steve Smith (drums, percussion).
Escape was recorded between April and June 1981 and released in July 1981. It went to #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and has yielded four Top 20 hit singles. It has been certified Diamond (10 million copies sold) by the RIAA. It was the first album with keyboardist Jonathan Cain, who replaced founding member Gregg Rolie.
Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1973. Eighteen members have passed through its ranks since its formation. They have released 15 studio albums, five live albums, 11 compilation albums, a soundtrack album, two EPs and 52 singles, and have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Journey was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017. The current iteration of the band, featuring longtime members guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist Jonathan Cain, is joined by vocalist Arnel Pineda, bassist and backing vocalist Todd Jensen, keyboardist and backing vocalist Jason Derlatka, and drummer and backing vocalist Deen Castronovo. They continue to record and tour.
"About the Song" -- written by Mickey McMahan , RBN Director of Musicology
