US gas output hits new record high

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News Wires

 31 January 2013 23:29 GMT

Gross natural gas production in the lower 48 US states in November climbed to a record high for a third month, gaining 0.6% from downwardly revised October output, data from the US Energy Information Administration showed on Thursday.

Lower 48 "wet" gas output in November totalled 73.88 billion cubic feet per day, up from the revised October output of 73.47 Bcfd, the EIA said in its Monthly Natural Gas Gross Production Report, Reuters reported.

Lower 48 refers to gas production in the US, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.

The EIA's previous estimate for October was 73.54 Bcfd, the news wire said.

Monthly output in November was about 1.42 Bcfd, or 2%, above the same year-ago month.

"Other States," such as Pennsylvania and Colorado, again contributed the largest month-on-month volume increase, rising 1.4%, or 0.33…

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