Detailed Look at PA’s First Half Production Numbers

For the first six months of 2012, over 85% of Pennsylvania’s shale gas production came from just six (of 67) counties in the state, and more than half (57%) of PA’s production came from three counties—three counties that share a border with New York State (hello NY, pay attention!).

Last Friday the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection released production figures for the first half of 2012. Here’s a detailed look at those numbers, with charts and tables:

Here’s the detailed numbers, broken down by county:

Let’s have a look at the numbers by driller:

Here’s the detailed numbers by driller:

The following chart tells the story of natural gas liquids for the state. Both counties are in the southwestern part of the state:

And this chart tells the story of unconventional oil production: