Chart of the Day: The Shale Gas Revolution in PA Has Helped the U.S. Become No. 1 in the World

The Pennsylvania Shale Gas Revolution

The chart above is from the Energy Information Administration and illustrates graphically the significant increases in natural gas production in recent years from increased drilling activity in the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania.  In only about a three-year period, natural gas production in the northeast United States has tripled from 1.5 billion cubic feet per day in July 2008 to more than 4.5 billion cubic feet per day by July 2011, with almost all of the increase coming from new drilling in Pennsylvania.  The shale gas revolution in Pennsylvania has been responsible for America going from the ninth largest producer in the world ten year ago to the No. 1 producer in the world starting last year.