Four counties in Pennsylvania—Bradford, Greene, Susquehanna and Washington—can supply all the natural gas needed by Germany. It can give Russia the Heisman.

My post the other day about the fact “Susquehanna County Produces More Than 4% of U.S.” has been quite well read. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) monthly data for August on natural gas production in the Commonwealth reveals the sheer enormity of the shale revolution and how much of it is taking place in Pennsylvania. Regular reader and guest blogger Chris Acker offers further insights.

Chris looked over the DEP data I assembled and took it another step forward. What he found follows:

One can put things in perspective by looking up consumption by country,  which is easy. Most international stats are provided in Billion Cubic Meters (Bcm) per Year. It is simple to convert to Billion Cubic Feet per day (Bcf)/D). A cubic meter is about 35.3 cubic feet, and when you divide by 365 days you get nearly 0.1. So, when you see Bcm/Y just move the decimal over one unit to the left to get Bcf/D. This is close enough, given the variability in consumption estimates.

Read more:

https://naturalgasnow.org/four-pennsylvania-counties-can-supply-gas-germany-needs/