Bentek Energy Says Frigid Weather Brings Gas Production to post-Katrina Lows

Abstract

"A fourth factor could be associated with our data processing methodology," the Bentek report states. "Bentek's Energy Data Warehouse collects natural gas flow and capacity data from the Electronic Bulletin Board (EBB) websites of interstate pipelines. Most intrastate pipelines (those not regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) are not required to post this data Where intrastate and interstate pipelines connect to the same gathering and processing facilities, diversions of gas from interstate to intrastate systems can appear as production declines in this data. While we have attempted to adjust our estimates for this factor, we will not have actual production data for several weeks."