[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12139-12140]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    NEW DATA ON MARCELLUS PRODUCTION

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, natural gas production in 
the Marcellus and Utica shale formations is projected to grow 36 
percent by 2035, according to a recently released industry report from 
ICF International.
  According to the report, which is released quarterly:


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       Well data from producers suggests ultimate recovery of gas 
     in the Marcellus will average 6.2 billion cubic feet per 
     well, up from 5.2 billion cubic feet per well in the last 
     report.

  According to a recent Energy Information Administration drilling 
report, gas production in Pennsylvania alone has more than quadrupled 
from 2009 to 2011.
  Today, Bloomberg News reports:

       Record natural gas production from the Marcellus is helping 
     send U.S. output to an alltime high.

  Another recent industry report from Morningstar, Incorporated, noted 
that Pennsylvania is now ranked third in the Nation for natural gas 
production and that the Marcellus is expected to account for nearly 
one-fourth of all U.S. gas output by 2015.
  Mr. Speaker, natural gas continues to provide jobs and family-
sustaining incomes that are much needed in the Nation's slow economic 
recovery. At the same time, we are moving closer to energy 
independence.

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