Operations during the first quarter of 1977 were severely hampered by the worst winter on record for the Northeastern United States. Natural gas curtailments to chemical plants caused CO/sub 2/ to become unavailable for our project in early January. This situation remained until early March when warmer weather allowed the lifting of the curtailments. During this period water injection was attempted to maintain reservoir pressure. However, these efforts were not successful due to constant freeze-ups and leaks. As a result of insufficient injection, reservoir pressure and oil production declined substantially. When CO/sub 2/ injection was resumed, bottomhole pressure tests indicated an almost immediate response in the reservoir. By the end of March, the production decline had been arrested and began to increase.