Executive Summary
Permian production growth over the past year was a positive outlier among the four basins covered in our analysis, with Eagle Ford, Appalachia, and Haynesville all posting production declines (albeit Appalachia’s decline being insignificant at 0.3%). While showing typical reactions to global and national energy economic forces, commodity prices ended the period modestly improved. Rig count declines were greater than production declines, partly due to the continuation of the recent trend in DUC count declines – particularly in the Eagle Ford.