U.S. natural gas production had its biggest one-year increase on record in 2018, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Thursday.
Driven by now more than decade-old advancements in hydraulic fracturing technology, production increased by 10 billion cubic feet per day last year – an 11 percent increase from 2017 – to 101.3 billion cubic feet per day. That led to a more 50 percent gain in gas exports, through LNG tankers and pipelines.
“In September 2018, the United States exported more natural gas by pipeline than it imported by pipeline for the first time in at least 20 years,” the EIA report read.
The biggest gains came in Texas, where gas production grew to 24.1 billion cubic feet per day, just behind the Appalachian region’s production of 28.5 billion cubic feet per day.
The full version of this article first appeared on the Houston Chronicle – an Energy Voice content partner. For more from the Houston Chronicle click here.
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