Gas company explains cause of shortage

From KOB-TV.com - by Jeremy Jojola, KOB Eyewitness News 4; Charlie Pabst, KOB.com - New Mexico Gas Company is speaking for the first time about why tens of thousands of New Mexicans have no natural gas service. The company blames supply and demand, and a lack of pressure to push the gas through the pipelines. Power blackouts in Texas have cut off power to compressors in West Texas that feed gas into New Mexico. With the low pressure and high demand for natural gas, the gas utility says it's impossible to supply everyone. Up to 24,000 customers across the state are doing without natural gas. We asked New Mexico Gas Company why those compressors in Texas don't have emergency generators. Ken Oostman, Vice President of Technical Services for New Mexico Gas company said Thursday, "Some do and some don't. I can't really comment on all of our upstream suppler situations." Those compressors do not belong to New Mexico Gas Company—they belong to other suppliers. Read more

Gas company explains cause of shortage