US natural gas production in the Mid-Atlantic and Ohio region from the Marcellus and Utica shale basins is continuing to grow, resulting in adequate domestic supplies being available in the northern region and feed-gas been transported south for LNG plants on the Gulf Coast.
US pipeline company Williams said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had approved the placing into full service of its Atlantic Sunrise project to boost shale-gas volumes to main markets, including for LNG.