[Mr.Unique]

IF this fire decreased the supply of available gas a tiny fraction of 1 percent, I’d expect the price to rise a tiny fraction of its current cost.

Interesting. So if the supply was decreased by 50%, you'd allow a 50% increase in price?

[IronJack]

If the supply decreased by 50%, the price would go up far more than that. It is not a linear relationship.

As several posters have said, this SHOULD have no effect whatever on supply. But that won't matter. The price will still go up. Why? Because it can.