Alert over natural gas shortage lifted after Texas cancels export ban Unlike Texas, Mexico resolved gas shortage in just five days: AMLO
Published on Monday, February 22, 2021
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The National Gas Control Center (Cenagas) has ended its “critical alert” for the national gas system after Texas lifted its temporary ban on natural gas exports earlier than expected.
Cenagas declared on Saturday an end to the alert, which was issued last Tuesday due to the limited amount of natural gas being sent to Mexico from the United States amid an extreme cold snap in Texas.
The termination came after Texas Governor Greg Abbott lifted the ban on shipping natural gas out of the Lone Star state on Friday. Announced last Wednesday, the suspension was to remain in place until Sunday.
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The energy crisis in northern Mexico deepened Thursday, after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered natural gas suppliers to sell the fuel to local power providers first. I hereby mandate that all sourced natural gas be made available for sale to local power generation opportunities before leaving the state of Texas, effective through Feb. 21, 2021, Abbott wrote in a letter to the Texas Railroad Commission, the state s regulatory authority.
Analysts see series of self-inflicted problems that contributed to gas crisis Government scrapped plans to increase gas storage capacity and auction gas blocks
Published on Friday, February 19, 2021
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The federal government and the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) must shoulder part of the blame for the natural gas shortage that has plagued the country this week and caused a major power outage in northern Mexico on Monday, according to two energy sector analysts.
The government’s decision to halt projects planned by the previous administration along with its ignorance of the need for greater gas storage capacity and its failure to increase electricity transmission capacity contributed to the blackout that left some 4.7 million residents without power on Monday, said two analysts who spoke to the business news website
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday that the government is working to overturn an order from Texas Governor Greg Abbott to cut off gas exports.
On Thursday, Abbott directed natural gas producers to refrain from selling outside Texas until 21 February to divert supplies to power generators inside the state.
According to Reuters, natural gas supplies to Mexico from Texas were already interrupted by the severe cold weather since early this week. It resulted in millions without power in Mexico s industrial northern states, causing an estimated $2.7 billion in losses.
Mexico buys most of the gas produced in Texas, importing it via a network of cross-border pipelines. An Argus report said the order, once fully implemented, would deal a crippling blow to Mexico s industrial sector that relies on the U.S. gas supply.
Record-breaking Storm Uri blankets 73% of America in snow, kills 23 and leaves 3.5m freezing Texans STILL without power: Governor scrambles for answers as he admits it could take DAYS for electricity to be restored in energy-rich Lone Star State
The record-breaking cold weather claimed more lives Tuesday, including four relatives who perished while using a fireplace to stay warm and a woman and a girl who died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
In Harris County, Texas officials reported more than 300 carbon monoxide poisoning cases
In Galveston, the medical examiner s office requested a refrigerated truck to expand body storage
The power breakdown sparked growing outrage and demands for answers over how Texas failed such a massive test of a major point of state pride: energy independence