Thursday, January 9, 2014

Gas wells froze

Last Monday, January 6, was so cold that gas wells froze shut in the Marcellus shale region of Pennsylvania.  Inconveniently, it was also the day a new record was hit in demand for natural gas.

Prices went up as companies used their reserves.  Coal and nuclear power made up a bigger part of the supply of power this week as companies struggled to provide for their customers.

Shale gas fracking is producing near-record supplies of natural gas to meet record demand.

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