Natural gas production headed for a slow-down in 2020.

The region's Marcellus and Utica shale gas producers had a banner year in 2019. Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia together accounted for one-third of the nation's natural gas production. But a likely slow-down is ahead in 2020.

Marcellus and Utica shale drillers produced 30 billion cubic feet of gas in 2019. The increased supply has driven down prices to about $2 per million British thermal units. Compare that to the previous decade, when gas was selling at about $8 per million Btu.

Penn State geologist Terry Engelder first...

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