Appalachian Basis: Pipeline Capacity Likely Sufficient

September 22, 2020

The Appalachian basin is likely to have ample pipeline takeaway capacity for the foreseeable future. With abundant spare pipeline capacity, we expect that Appalachian benchmarks will continue to show a narrowing of basis relative to Henry Hub. Appalachia’s “basis blowouts” seen in 2015 and 2016 are probably a thing of the past…at least for the next 4-5 years.