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Public Service Co. of Colorado will limit production behindBaxter Point to 3 MMcf/d April 24-May 7. Affected producers arebeing notified.

Despite record drilling and high gas prices, Canadian producersstill are not managing to boost production. TransCanada Pipelinesestimates Alberta field receipts were 2% lower than expected thiswinter and ended up being essentially flat with the 12.4 Bcf/drecorded in winter 1998-99.

Reliant will limit West of Amber capacity to 360,000 Dth/d forWednesday only due to maintenance on the #3 compressor at AmberJunction Station (Grady County, OK).

Florida Gas Transmission rescheduled maintenance betweenStations 12 and 13 in northern Florida for April 1-2. The project,which will limit market area deliveries to about 1.15-1.25 Bcf/d,will replace 120 feet of 36-inch pipe under Highway 331. Itoriginally had been planned for last Christmas Day but waspostponed due to colder weather in the market area (see Daily GPI,Dec. 23, 1999).

Fueled by a larger-than-expected storage withdrawal and promptedby gains in Wednesday night’s Access session, natural gas futuresclimbed higher yesterday as traders lifted prices in a briskafternoon buying surge. The March contract finished up 5.2 cents at$2.592, but the real story was the outer months, which gained 6cents or more on moderate position rolling.

Unanticipated maintenance on the #3 compressor at Amber Station(Grady County, OK) is expected to limit total West of Ambercapacity to 340,000 Dth/d through Friday, Reliant said.

Algonquin has completed turbine replacement at the Burrillville(RI) Compressor Station. However, April 30-May 5 work on the30-inch mainline will limit Burrillville throughput to 400,000Dth/d, the pipeline said.

Florida Gas Transmission plans a smart pig run April 5-9 betweenStations 2 (Robstown, TX) and 3 (Port Lavaca, TX). The project willlimit capacity at these interconnects upstream of Station 3:Duke-Robstown (40 MMcf/d), Valero Nueces (35 MMcf/d) and MOPS (75MMcf/d).

Citing continuing reduction of capacity by unseasonably hightemperatures, PG&E Gas Transmission-Northwest said it wouldagain be necessary to limit volumes today to 2,450 MMcf/d atKingsgate and to 1,870 MMcf/d at Station 14 (the last one upstreamof Malin) in order to return the system to optimum performance.