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Natural gas production was flat in 2024, according to federal data, including in Appalachia.
Appalachia produces more gas than any region of the country.
Last year, though, it rose only a tenth of a percent, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
That’s despite the addition of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which can carry 2 billion cubic feet a day from north central West Virginia 303 miles into southern Virginia.
In a presentation at the West Virginia state capitol last month, Toby Rice, the CEO of EQT, Appalachia’s biggest gas producer, said more pipelines would be needed in the region.
Gas producers hope to take advantage of an increase in electricity demand from data centers in the coming years, as well as new opportunities to export liquefied natural gas overseas.
Gas prices are currently too low to encourage new drilling activity, federal data show.
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