re: Can we be objective about Texas for a moment? Has Abbott failed this leadership test?

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Yeah. Until today you couldn’t get oil haulers out to wells to pick up oil. If your tanks are full you’re shut in and gas doesn’t flow. About 4mm bbls are offline pushing oil over $60. That means all that associated gas is shut in. Additionally a bunch of midstream cos are still shut in at their processing plants are still dealing with issues from the freeze. That’s why Nat gas is still trading at ridiculous rates.

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methanol for nat gas systems is a large chunk of our business, we are one of the largest methanol distributors in the US. couple of points to make:

1. it routinely gets cold in north and west texas, so this event is rough but not that out of the ordinary
2. we have been topping off methanol tanks in preparation for this weather event for ten days
3. I am not aware of any WT or NM gas plants that are down but I will call some of my techs and get a status report
4. this wellhead freezing you reference is new to me. pipelines freeze, and we use methanol to prevent that. a NG wellhead typically doesnt freeze unless it is from the pressure drop right after the choke, velocity usually keeps the WH flowing
5. if a gas plant is down from cold it would be mechanical, either compression or generator failure. a freezing problem and they just crank up the methanol.
6. associated gas from an oil well is usually all piped out, oil haulers are for oil wells that produce to an oil tank. there are oil well that produce to a tank and have a small pipeline for gas but that is not enough gas to make a dent in supplies. most of that associated gas is used as field fuel gas for operations.
7. oil haulers being grounded is a problem but most of our customers in WT, NM and SOTEX pumped down their oil stock tanks before the weather hit

Abbott prioritized gas to homes, that coupled with green going down simultaneously plus a host of other factors added up to this huge shortfall. if abbott prioritized gas to energy, we would have had less of an energy shortfall across the state but a lot more people freezing to death in their homes

I post on a message board. Should I have the answers that our state apparently doesn’t?

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You are responding to a trial lawyer.

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It’s very important to him to pretend to know your profession so he can mentally try to rank himself higher. Sad.

You think because I pass through some nursing homes periodically that I'm an an administrator? I pass through hospitals and courtrooms too. Do I administrate in those as well?

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I pass through hospitals and courtrooms too.

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Be more safe and stop committing crimes damn it.

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I post on a message board. Should I have the answers that our state apparently doesn’t?

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Dude, you are an idiot and a pussy. Blame Abbott but then can’t articulate why.

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it’s okay. I don’t blame you for any covid deaths

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That's good.

Abbott is the Governor so he is responsible but this event is hardly something he or his office could have prevented or done much to mitigate

the fact that nuclear is not a prominent part of the green energy movement is the biggest problem. existing renewables are very vulnerable to weather, there is only so much one can do if 20% of the supply side goes down in a short period

honestly we can bitch more about rick perry and his windmill buddies, than abbott

Have a good night, bud

You're convinced I'm a nursing home administrator aren't you? Because I passed through some facilities during the height of covid? I also mentioned how early nola hospitals jumped on hcq. Am I a hospital admim?