Once again the number crunchers at the U.S. Energy Information Administration overestimated natural gas production in the Marcellus/Utica in the agency’s monthly Drilling Productivity Report (DPR), but not by much. Yesterday the EIA issued its latest DPR, for May, with estimates of how much production we will see in the seven largest shale plays in the U.S. for both May and the upcoming month of June. Last month for April’s report, the EIA predicted the M-U would produce 35.64 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas in May (see EIA DPR: Big Revision DOWN for April Natural Gas Production). Yesterday’s report revises the May number down to 35.48 Bcf/d. Fairly close. What about June? And what about Haynesville and Permian production?
