Why Does Gas Production Remain so High Whilst the Price is so Low?

Why Does Gas Production Remain so High Whilst the Price is so Low?

from OilPrice.com Daily News Update by postcarbon@oilprice.com (Post Carbon)

Natural gas prices have declined to below $3.00/mcf, levels not seen for years, yet the EIA posted the highest gas production ever in October, 2011. U.S. gas production is growing despite annual well completion rates that are half that at the peak of the drilling boom in 2008, when gas price topped $12.00/mcf. Proponents of shale gas as a “game changer” suggest that, despite the well known high decline rates of shale gas wells, their productivity is sufficient to grow production with far fewer wells at historically low prices. Others,…
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