Posted on 02/20/2021 6:31:33 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
I agree with headlines. Fix it, prepare for near and far future and keep Texas out of Federal hands.
And, abolish ERCOT.
The roads were impassible for a few days and the water trucks couldn’t get in to dispose of the salt water. So, many wells had to be shut-in. For the company that I work for, we have lost 70% of our production. But the wells will be slowly coming back. We are currently drilling a well and they never missed a beat, even with the derrick and rig floor covered in ice for several days. Fortunately, they had enough diesel to keep the rig turning to the right.
Yeh, ERCOT. I posted a correction. You fired pretty quick. But yeh, just about everyone in Texas has been affected in one way or another. One of my daughters and her husband are in the process in building a house near weatherford in an unincorporated community. They will have a water well and be on propane. So, this cold weather has caused them to consider some extra measures to discuss with their builder so to weather proof their house for sure. Anyway, hope you come out ok or at least with minimal damage.The
Yep, typo is what I figured, didn’t know if you were aware of it.
My neighbor just had a house built, her grand daughter actually, she got the place when the neighbor died 3 years ago. Knew her for over 30 years. I just found out the new house (finished this summer) is all electric, she’s been staying at her mother’s house a couple miles away, they have a working wood stove. Still not all comfy, no water, everything frozen, can’t flush toilet because drain line is frozen (mine too) and they now have 5 people riding this out in a 2 bedroom trailer. Power still out, and one kid is disabled, epileptic, over 20 and mind of a year old maybe. Pretty rough on them, but I think they’ll be ok too, the worst is over.
Now we rebuild.
That was BEFORE "global warming" became "climate change". They expected things to actually, like, WARM UP.
“The idea that NG production facilities from wellhead to delivery can be winterized, shut down on standby in case solar and wind fail, and then just cranked up on the coldest days of the year is completely ludicrous.”
Up here is Marcellus utica gas country we have 2 months of sub zero weather EVERY winter. EVERYTHING is winterized.
Drilling and pumping is none stop no matter the weather. Our power plants and pipe grid is all weatherized. Send some boys up we will show you how it’s done
I don’t KNOW it, but I want to guess that maybe the gas coming up from the Marcellus Shale isn’t loaded with saltwater?
N.B. I live in the Marcellus region, too.
From what I’m reading, Texas gas production ROSE by almost a factor of two until the grid shut down. Then it started to fall, probably because so much production/transport equipment is electric. e.g. Booster compressors in pipelines used to be driven by big internal-combustion engines that burned the gas from the pipeline. EPA said no-no, CO2 producers! Gotta be electric!
Up here on the Marcellus Shale, the primary compressors I can see are still engine-driven, though.
(Full disclosure: Dresser Industries’ plant in Waukesha WI, which builds those big nat-gas engines, was once a client of mine.)
You missed what I said. If you are drilling and pumping everyday 24x7 that works. Shut all that in for a few months and try to crank it all up on your coldest days.... it wont work
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