Highlights Some have blamed equipment freeze-offs Fallout has spurred market reforms Power outages forced most of the US’ upstream and midstream natural gas industry’s curtailments and shutdowns during the February polar vortex, according to energy data company Enverus. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now In an April 22 report, Enverus said 65% of producer respondents and 80% of pipeline company respondents identified loss of power as one of the main factors that affected operations during the storm that left millions of Texas customers in the dark. “Once power outages at power generation units began due to the extreme cold weather, natural gas production and transportation were impacted because surface facilities and infrastructure rely heavily on electricity for operations,” Enverus said in the report, commissioned by the Texas Oil and Gas Association. “Then, power outages at natural gas facilities impaired the ability of power […]