Work on a pipeline capacity expansion project slowed natural gas production in the Marcellus shale play in recent months, but output is expected to kick back into high gear in July and keep pace with a projected 5.7% increase in production from last year, the US Energy Information Administration said Tuesday in its monthly outlook. EIA, in its July Short-Term Energy Outlook, forecast gas marketed production at 78.65 Bcf/d for the second quarter and 79.28 Bcf/d for Q3, down 130 MMcf/d and 100 MMcf/d, respectively, from the agency’s June estimate. EIA said in the report that Northeast production dipped in May and June because of maintenance and construction in the Marcellus producing area, contributing to a 1.2 Bcf/d drop in average output between April and June. It noted that Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line has restricted capacity on parts of the Leidy Line that delivers gas from the Marcellus to […]