Pennsylvania has about half as many natural gas rigs working at the end of the year as it did at the beginning of 2019.
The latest tally from oilfield services firm Baker Hughes finds 25 rigs in the commonwealth, up one from last week. This year especially, with commodity prices stuck in the deep freeze at near-record lows, more natural gas producers have scaled back production.
Pennsylvania, situated in the Marcellus and Utica shales, has seen that in particular: It began the year with 47 rigs,…
