U.S. natural gas producers had a rough start to 2023, with spot prices dipping to just above $2.15/MMBtu this past spring. But optimism was abundant in midyear earnings calls on expectations that demand will eventually soar, driven largely by a near-doubling of U.S. LNG export capacity by the end of the decade. A key question, however, is whether E&Ps have built the inventories of proved reserves to support future production increases to meet that demand. In today’s RBN blog, we analyze the crucial issue of reserve replacement by the major U.S. Gas-Weighted E&Ps.

