Marcellus Natural Gas Production Expanded in 2012 from the Associated Press via the Observer-Reporter [of Washington & Greene counties]
"This year was one of new records and new questions for the boom in Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling. Previous doubts about the size of the vast resource were mostly put to rest, as data showed that the Marcellus became the most productive natural gas field in the nation, even though well drilling slowed substantially. According to the federal energy reports Marcellus wells in Pennsylvania and West Virginia now produce 7 billion cubic feet of gas per day. That’s about 25 percent of all shale gas production nationwide, and nearly double the Marcellus production of the previous year."