Highlights Westbound Permian flows down 450 MMcf/d since Aug. 15 West Texas gas production down 2% to 12 Bcf/d in September Early-September price spike fuels bullish winter outlook An ongoing force majeure on El Paso Natural Gas continues to limit westbound flows from the Permian Basin this month. The now weekslong maintenance is keeping pressure on West Texas production and continues to pose a risk to spot and forward gas prices in the US Southwest. On Aug. 15, El Paso declared a force majeure on its Line 2000 near Coolidge, Arizona, after a segment of the pipeline suffered a failure. As El Paso works to repair the line, capacity through the Cimarron compressor station has been reduced to zero, down from its fully operational 567 MMcf/d. The continuing outage on El Paso — a key transmission pipeline […]