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Good write up with some minor technical inaccuracies. First they are spelled "peaker" as in they cover peaks above the base load as base load generation is slow

Good write up with some minor technical inaccuracies. First they are spelled "peaker" as in they cover peaks above the base load as base load generation is slower to ramp up or down. Second there may have been frozen wells but natural gas does not go directly from the wellhead to the peaker AFAIK: well gas has other hydrocarbons in it and those along with excess moisture are extracted. These extraction plants create a buffer and there are also sites where natural gas is injected underground and stored for later sale when the price is lower than the producer wants. Natural gas at the burner tip is supposed to be one million cubic feet (MCF) is one million BTU (MMBTU). That consistency is required. I'm not sure why wellheads freezing would be an issue if there's enough gas in storage to cover the demand.

gwoplock 6y ago
> Second there may have been frozen wells but natural gas does not go directly from the wellhead to the peaker I agree that the natural gas does not directly go to the station. However, from what I could tell in the NERC documents they referenced it freezing at or close to the well. > Natural gas at the burner tip is supposed to be one million cubic feet (MCF) is one million BTU (MMBTU) I'm guessing you're referencing "14.8 Bcf of natural gas production was lost". If so, Bcf comes directly from the NERC report in reference 14.
- technofiend 6y ago
  No I wasn't referencing that report. I was explaining why gas has to be processed before use and it's not a straight line from wellhead to burner tip. If you look at this report you'll see 28 Bcf was pulled from non-salt storage and 61 Bcf from salt storage between 2/5 and 2/12. But that still left 233 and 593 Bcf respectively in each storage type. Far more than the 14.8 Bcf loss mentioned in the report. https://ir.eia.gov/ngs/ngs.html https://ir.eia.gov/ngs/ngs.html

gwoplock 6y ago

> Second there may have been frozen wells but natural gas does not go directly from the wellhead to the peaker I agree that the natural gas does not directly go to the station. However, from what I could tell in the NERC documents they referenced it freezing at or close to the well. > Natural gas at the burner tip is supposed to be one million cubic feet (MCF) is one million BTU (MMBTU) I'm guessing you're referencing "14.8 Bcf of natural gas production was lost". If so, Bcf comes directly from the NERC report in reference 14.

technofiend 6y ago
No I wasn't referencing that report. I was explaining why gas has to be processed before use and it's not a straight line from wellhead to burner tip. If you look at this report you'll see 28 Bcf was pulled from non-salt storage and 61 Bcf from salt storage between 2/5 and 2/12. But that still left 233 and 593 Bcf respectively in each storage type. Far more than the 14.8 Bcf loss mentioned in the report. https://ir.eia.gov/ngs/ngs.html https://ir.eia.gov/ngs/ngs.html