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NATURAL GAS DATA TO COPE WITH ENERGY DISRUPTIONS
NATURAL GAS DATA TO COPE WITH ENERGY DISRUPTIONS
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the phys ical ab i l i ty o f produce r s and p ipel ines to del iver • surge • suppl ies of natur al g as where needed dur ing a supply d i s r upt ion , ( 2 ) the oppor tun i t ies for us ing gas to d isplace impor ted o il and r e f ined products on a shor t-term bas is J and ( 3 )
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Add it ional dome s t ic gas produced and consumed dur ing o i l supply d isrupt ions w i l l reduce the amount of gas ava i lable in the future . Th ese changes i n the product ion r ate w i l l a ffect the ava ilab i l i ty and the pr ice of natural gas over t ime : a reduct ion in future suppl ies o f domestic natural gas may be accompan ied by more impor tat ion of fore ign o i l at that t ime .
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However , the increas ing f lex ib i l i ty of ref iner s t o minimize res idua l o i l product ion , wh ich would be fur the r e nhanced dur ing a d is r upt ion by an overall r educt ion in demand due to h igher pr ices , ensures that th i s factor would not constrain gas di s placement . Implementat ion Sever a l implementat ion issue s would have to be addressed in manda t i ng or fac i l i tat ing gas s ubs t i tut ion in a d i srupt ion .
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One subj ect for wh ich add i t ional informat ion may be war ranted to fac i l i tate operational dec is ions dur ing some futur e d isrupt ion i s the phys ical capab i l i t ies o f the gas transmiss ion and d istr ibut ion system . Informat ion abou t the inte rstate system i s ava i lable for interstate p ipel ines in form FBRC- 2 f il ing s , compar able data for intrastate p ipe l ines and d istr ibut ion compan ies are not gener ally ava i lable .
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1 0ne p ipel ine execut ive who par t ic ipated in th is industry g roup con f irmed that informat ion on the phys ical connect ions and capac i ty of intrasta te pipel ines and large d is tr ibut ion compan ies was not ava i lable a nd would have been helpfu l . Be also ind icated that this industry g roup was able to transpor t gas to where i t was needed by obta in ing informa t ion d i rectly f rom p ipe l ines about space ava i lab i l i ty .
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He i s a fellow of the Amer ican Stat is t ical Assoc iat ion , and cur rently serves a s cha i r of the Amer ican Stat i s t ical Assoc iat ion Commi ttee on Energy Stat i s t ics , an adv isory commi ttee to the Energy Informat ion Administrat ion . Be holds a B .
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