[Clay Moore]

Brine is produced along with the natural gas and is stored in the big tanks you see beside the well head, A truck has to come at regular intervals to collect it and send it to a disposal well.

What we had here is an event that “never happens” so not much is done to insulate stuff for anything more than the normal temperatures.

Back in 1983, we had about a 30 day period that it never got above freezing. Pipes froze in the ground but I don’t remember that much else going wrong.

[Revel]

This is often the way gas meters and gas lines are done in very cold climates. Even 30 below is not a problem.

[Jrabbit]

What??? We lived in Richardson in 1983. There was never 30 days below freezing. Where in Texas was that? Panhandle, maybe?