Natural Gas Production Report, 2017 Q1
May 22, 2017 | Energy
For the first quarter of 2017, recent data from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) show that total natural gas production volume was 1,305.7 billion cubic feet (bcf) and the number of producing wells was 7,678. Compared to the first quarter of 2016, total production grew by 1.7 percent, while the number of producing wells increased by 8.0 percent. Data for the first quarter are equal to the calendar year-to-date totals.