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Natural gas dry production rose this winter by 3%, or 2.2 Bcf/d, over the 2012-13 winter, to 68.0 Bcf/d, according to EIA data. This increase was significantly greater than last winter's 0.3 Bcf/d production increase. However, it was still well below the 7.5 Bcf/d rise in total U.S. consumption that took place this winter. Higher prices provided the incentive for greater levels of production. Greater levels of natural gas output in the Marcellus Shale contributed to the net increase in national production levels despite decreases in other basins. Higher production levels from the Eagle Ford in South Texas also contributed to this winter's increase in production. These gains exceeded production declines in plays containing relatively greater amounts of drier gas, such as the Haynesville Shale in Texas and Louisiana. <a href="http://www.eia.gov/naturalgas/issuesandtrends/winterlookback/2013/" rel="nofollow">www.eia.gov/naturalgas/issuesandtrends/winterlookback/2013/</a>