{"id":5772,"date":"2012-04-10T11:14:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T16:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=5772"},"modified":"2012-04-10T11:14:10","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T16:14:10","slug":"low-natural-gas-prices-could-mean-layoffs-for-small-producers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2012\/04\/10\/low-natural-gas-prices-could-mean-layoffs-for-small-producers\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Natural Gas Prices Could Mean Layoffs for Small Producers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5773\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/energytomorrow\/3459664743\/sizes\/n\/in\/photostream\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5773\" title=\"Natural Gas Worker\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/04\/natural-gas-worker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/04\/natural-gas-worker.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/04\/natural-gas-worker-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">EnergyTomorrow \/ Flickr<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<\/div><p>The price of natural gas futures hit a new 10-year low <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/watch\/?id=7404728n&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cbsnews%2Ffeed+%28CBSNews.com%29\">on Monday<\/a>, and layoffs might be on the horizon for small producers.<\/p><p>The low prices have forced larger energy companies to shift to oil production. Many smaller natural gas producers in Oklahoma don\u2019t have this option, <a href=\"http:\/\/newsok.com\/natural-gas-prices-continue-to-fall-leaving-smaller-oklahoma-producers-more-vulnerable\/article\/3665032\/?page=1\">reports<\/a> <em>The Oklahoman<\/em>\u2019s Adam Wilmoth.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThey&#8217;re going to have trouble,\u201d said Mike Terry, president of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association. \u201cThey&#8217;re going to have to lay people off. They&#8217;re going to have trouble paying their loans.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The price of natural gas futures hit a new 10-year low on Monday, and layoffs might be on the horizon for small producers.The low prices have forced larger energy companies to shift to oil production. Many smaller natural gas producers in Oklahoma don\u2019t have this option, reports The Oklahoman\u2019s Adam Wilmoth. \u201cThey&#8217;re going to have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":5773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[301,300,15],"tags":[238,354,229],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}