The recent deep freeze in the East and Midwest made energy history, the Trump administration said Friday.
More natural gas was taken out of storage to feed demand during the two-week polar freeze than ever before, as drilling fields froze from Pennsylvania to Texas, the Energy Department said Friday.
“During the recent cold weather event that affected much of the eastern United States, more natural gas was withdrawn from storage fields around the country than at any other point in history,” reported the Energy Information Administration, the Energy Department's data and analysis arm.
Withdrawals from underground natural gas storage facilities to feed demand totaled 359 billion cubic feet on Jan. 5. That exceeded the previous record of 288 billion cubic feet set four years ago during the 2014 polar vortex.
The sustained cold that swept the East and Midwest from the end of December through last weekend took an unexpected turn for natural gas producers in many of the shale fields, where well heads froze, according to the agency.
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5 comments:
It's weird how I haven't had any "Beat the Peak" calls from Delmarva Power recently when it was so cold. I've gotten them in the past when it was going to be a high power demand day telling us to conserve energy. I also remember some 20-odd years ago that during a cold snowy time they had rolling black outs because of high power consumption.
So much for global warming.
Libtard are liars and rent seekers
Tru dat, 534, Funny how they do it in summer and not in winter, I'm sure there's a "financial" reason and an answer they give us up the "oooooohhhhhhphphph!"
It was in the mid 40's in Alaska during the freezing temps here. Some of you must think that there is only the eastern shore and no other world beyond the Bay. SMH!
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They are counting on us to think just like you wrote.
So much for global warming . . .
This is man-made weather.
The extreme cold (vortex) is man-made.
Geo Engineering
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