Why producers are flaring gas in Texas.

Who is saying this: Former State Representative Jim Keffer

What is he saying are the reasons that gas is being flared in Texas?

  • persistent infrastructure challenges (pipelines)
  • lack of enough takeaway capacity
  • lack of natural gas storage
  • unexpected outage on a key pipeline

What are the economic costs of this?

  • limit exploration and production
  • weaken realized prices until late 2019

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