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Land of Enchantment, State of Emergency
From the 'So Far from Heaven, So Close to Texas' departmentSANTA FE, N.M. -- Gov. Susana Martinez declared a state of emergency on Thursday afternoon for a statewide gas shortage. Increased demand brought on by subzero temperatures caused decreased gas pressure around the state. There have been scattered natural gas outages statewide. The NM Gas company had this to say: Due to rolling black-outs in West Texas and other problems, the delivery of natural gas into New Mexico has been impeded. States across the Southwest are experiencing similar situations. Our pipeline system is intact and our crews are working to minimize the impact of this temporary situation. Texas discontinued its rolling blackouts at just about the time the emergency was proclaimed. Also unstated was the fact the NM produces 10% of all US production, exports 10 times what it uses within the state, yet somehow this isn't getting to NM customers. I suspect the problems are in the state's gas lines to customers, problems like: condensation freezing & blocking lines or their components, lines too small, lines disrupted due to frost heaves. Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-02-04 |
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