Atlas Energy reports production increase
Atlas Energy Inc. reported that average daily production in its Appalachian segment, which includes Marcellus shale natural gas activity primarily in Pennsylvania, increased 21 percent from first-quarter rates to about 55 million cubic feet per day.
Higher energy costs pushed the overall measure of producer prices higher in August, the government said Thursday, a modest increase that many analysts said reduced concerns about the possibility of deflation even as the economy continued to recover.