Unconventionals Are the Backbone, Shale Production Expected @ 20Bcfd by 2020

http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/display/8080110699/s-artic...

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"At the same time shale gas output is expected to more than double to 20 bcfd in order to maintain US production at its current level."

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So am I reading this right, that even with full development and max capacity production levels by 2020 the US would still need that level of LNG imports? Even with the other shale plays, Marcellus, and others also?
I would of course like to see the homegrown NG fully utilized and then if that is not enough, only then import regulated amounts, so the local NG remains priced attractively for US user and suppliers.
VSC - I'll leave that question for someone better qualified than I am to answer. The information about the "homegrown" NG is what caught my attention, being that it looked hopeful. Some of the particulars about the LNG imports have been explained to me, but I really just have a limited working knowledge.

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