[dennisw]

Unless you have monstrous storage capacity (much greater than the US Strategic Reserve), you can’t “save it for later” for long at all. Shutting down production and pipelines (esp. in cold climates) to terminals is even more problematic.

Same pressure build up with Russia's gas production. It must flow to Europe. But since it isn't...... Russians have been flaring off at least 10 million dollars worth each day at the Nord Stream terminus. In the St Petersburg region. And the gas flare can be seen at night from Finland.

[Paul R.]

I’ll bet that shows up nicely from space at night, although when I just now looked I only found (near) real time daylight imagery.