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Appalachian Heavyweights Cranking Up Natural Gas Supplies as Wells, Operations Outperform

Natural Gas Intelligence · last updated

Nearly all of the Appalachian Basin’s leading producers this earnings season have announced plans to increase natural gas production that could ultimately add nearly 1 Bcf/d of supplies to the market this year.

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Antero Resources Corp. is the latest to say operational efficiencies would drive up its production in 2025. The company increased production guidance from 3.4 to 3.45 Bcfe/d and cut capital spending by $25 million at the high end to a range of $650-675 million.

Antero CEO Paul Rady said the company expects natural gas demand to grow by more than 25% by 2030 due to rising LNG exports and increasing power demand that’s expected to be fueled by artificial intelligence data centers.