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Gas proration - what it did, what it does now, what it is supposed to do, and what it is perceived to do
Abstract
When pipelines defined gas markets, proration worked, along with ratable takes, to supply those gas markets with gas produced and used in proration to gas reserves underlying each producer's developed acreage. Gas allowables were established in certain designated fields, usually fields where there was more than one pipeline taking gas. Pipelines nominated gas supplies and proration authorities assigned allowables to satisfy that demand. Proration also had the effect of allocating available pipeline capacity (but don't tell FERC). What it does now is attempt to supply some natural gas to markets in proportion to gas reserves underlying each owner's developed acreage. It gives gas owners the opportunity to protect their correlative rights. It can also have the effect of allocating scarce pipeline capacity. What it is supposed to do is to prevent waste and protect correlative rights. What it is perceived to do in most consuming states is to restrict the available supply of gas so as to raise prices.
- Authors:
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- New Mexico Oil Conservation Division, Santa Fe (United States)
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6314698
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9206355-
Journal ID: ISSN 0020-9732; CODEN: IOCBAV
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Journal Name:
- Interstate Oil Compact Commission Committee Bulletin; (United States)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6:1; Conference: 1992 midyear meeting of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, Wichita, KS (United States), 21-24 Jun 1992; Journal ID: ISSN 0020-9732
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 03 NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS; ALLOCATIONS; PRODUCTION; MARKET; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; PIPELINES; REGULATIONS; SALES; ENERGY SOURCES; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL GAS; FUELS; GAS FUELS; GASES; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; MINERAL RESOURCES; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; RESOURCES; 030300* - Natural Gas- Drilling, Production, & Processing
Citation Formats
LeMay, W J. Gas proration - what it did, what it does now, what it is supposed to do, and what it is perceived to do. United States: N. p., 1992.
Web.
LeMay, W J. Gas proration - what it did, what it does now, what it is supposed to do, and what it is perceived to do. United States.
LeMay, W J. 1992.
"Gas proration - what it did, what it does now, what it is supposed to do, and what it is perceived to do". United States.
@article{osti_6314698,
title = {Gas proration - what it did, what it does now, what it is supposed to do, and what it is perceived to do},
author = {LeMay, W J},
abstractNote = {When pipelines defined gas markets, proration worked, along with ratable takes, to supply those gas markets with gas produced and used in proration to gas reserves underlying each producer's developed acreage. Gas allowables were established in certain designated fields, usually fields where there was more than one pipeline taking gas. Pipelines nominated gas supplies and proration authorities assigned allowables to satisfy that demand. Proration also had the effect of allocating available pipeline capacity (but don't tell FERC). What it does now is attempt to supply some natural gas to markets in proportion to gas reserves underlying each owner's developed acreage. It gives gas owners the opportunity to protect their correlative rights. It can also have the effect of allocating scarce pipeline capacity. What it is supposed to do is to prevent waste and protect correlative rights. What it is perceived to do in most consuming states is to restrict the available supply of gas so as to raise prices.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6314698},
journal = {Interstate Oil Compact Commission Committee Bulletin; (United States)},
issn = {0020-9732},
number = ,
volume = 6:1,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992},
month = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992}
}