Archrock, Inc. (AROC) had a banner year. To the surprise of some, gas production rose quite a bit from the previous year. It used to be that gas production primarily the domain of companies that specialized in finding and producing gas. That has dramatically changed with the advent of unconventional production.
There are definitely some unconventional dry or nearly dry gas plays. However, a significant impetus to increasing gas production is the unconventional oil production boom. This has led to compression demand in places like the Permian and the Eagle Ford even though