Workers at an Appalachian Basin well
Appalachian gas returns to steady growth
New pipeline projects will boost egress from the region as the gas market expands amid datacentre demand and higher LNG exports
Gas production in the Appalachian Basin is expected to increase at a moderate pace in the second half of this decade and beyond after slowing to a crawl in the first five years of the 2020s following massive growth in the previous decade. Pipeline projects in the egress-constrained region are already on the upswing with Donald Trump back in the White House, while producers and midstream players are planning disciplined capital spending programmes—having been burned in the past by pipeline project delays and cancellations, regional supply gluts and relatively low gas prices compared with Henry Hub pricing. “As the US gas market is set to expand 30%, or more than 34bcf/d, in the next ten years
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