A commitment from Appalachia’s natural gas producers to slow drilling activity in 2020 already appears to be taking its toll there, with December production levels likely to register their first monthly decline since May. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Through Tuesday, modeled output across the Marcellus and Utica shales has averaged 33.3 Bcf/d this month, roughly 170 MMcf/d below the November average, data from S&P Global Platts Analytics shows. The largest decline has come from Pennsylvania’s northeast dry window, where sample production has fallen by more than 160 MMcf/d in December, or about 1.4% compared with the prior-month average. The state’s south dry window has witnessed a 1% retreat in sample receipts over that same period, equivalent to about 60 […]