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To: Brumar89 who wrote (599815)	2/3/2011 8:33:39 PM
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Investigate away New Mexico joins Texas - Natural Gas Emergency Cold weather cuts natgas output in U.S. Southwest Cold weather across the U.S. Southwest has forced at least 2.7 billion cubic feet a day of natural gas production offline as wells froze and problems at processing plants halted operations, Bentek Energy analysts and a spokesman for a gas pipeline company said on Thursday. Natural gas production in several basins in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico has been disrupted as some wells froze, forcing the gas to remain shut in, analysts said. At least one pipeline company reported problems at gas processing plants, interrupting operations. Some 2.4 bcfd of gas is offline in Texas and Oklahoma with additional volumes off in New Mexico, analysts at Bentek Energy said. The Anadarko Basin, which lays partly in Texas and Oklahoma, is seeing gas volumes off at least 900 mmcfd, according to Bentek's pipeline and sample data analysis of the production area. Natural gas outages reported throughout state[NM] Thousands of New Mexicans are experiencing natural gas outages Thursday as various utility companies are unable to keep up with the high demand for increased power and fuel due to sub zero temperatures Natural gas outage hits Taos, other parts of NM The company says gas use spiked in extremely cold weather and rolling blackouts in West Texas impeded deliveries to New Mexico Questa declares a state of emergency amid natural gas disruption, Red River opens fire station for shelter "All the schools, businesses and the clinic are closed," García said. "We also have a concern that people will be using so much electricity that we may not have any. Kit Carson has advised us against using too much electricity." theoildrum.com wellheads are freezing-up and stoping the flow. actually, it is hydrates that are forming to stop the flow. remember the first 'dome' that was lowered onto the mocondo well ? == "More than at any time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly." - Woody Allen