Sept 25 (Reuters) - U.S. energy company EQT

plans to reverse some natural gas production curtailments in

October and November as demand for the fuel and prices increase,

CEO Toby Rice told Reuters on Wednesday.

EQT, the biggest U.S. natural gas producer, has along with

other U.S. drillers curtailed output in 2024 after prices

collapsed to multi-year lows in the spring following a mild

winter that left a tremendous oversupply of fuel in storage.

"Production curtailments will be a normal part of our

strategy when prices are low," Rice said, noting the company has

already curtailed about 1 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) of

production in the spring.

"We're watching to see that come back in October and

November... We will ease curtailments in October," Rice said,

noting total curtailments were around 2 bcfd across the entire

industry.

Analysts have said they expect EQT and other producers to

boost output in late 2024 and in 2025 to meet growing export

demand for the fuel as new U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG)

plants currently under construction enter service.

Rice was in New York during Climate Week and made his

comments after the Partnership to Address Global Emissions, an

advocacy group of which EQT is a founding member, launched a new

study, "Securing Europe's Net Zero Path with Flexible LNG," in

collaboration with the Centre on Regulation in Europe.