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Despite its claims otherwise, Northern Border Pipeline’sproposed Project 2000 expansion/extension will have a significant”negative impact” on Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America (NGPL),both on a system-wide basis and on its deliveries to North Hayden,IN, the Kinder Morgan pipeline said.

Despite its claims otherwise, Northern Border Pipeline’sproposed Project 2000 expansion/extension will have a significant”negative impact” on Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America (NGPL),both on a system-wide basis and on its deliveries to North Hayden,IN, the Kinder Morgan pipeline said.

Tuesday’s trading appeared to bear out one Daily GPI source’spredictions Monday of generally stagnant pricing for the rest ofthis week. Eastern numbers formed almost a mirror image of theprevious day’s pattern. Instead of being flat to a little higher,they were flat to a little lower. And prices in the West, which hadbeen busy recovering lost weekend ground Monday, joined inTuesday’s overall flat-to-lower trend with the exception of smallgains at the PG&E citygate and a couple of Rockies locations.

Sumas had the distinction Tuesday of being the first point tosurpass $3 pricing in the current winter heating season, althoughPG&E citygates had gotten as high as $2.92 in the second weekof November (see Daily GPI, Nov. 11). In super-volatile quotes thatranged from the $2.20 area to as high as $3.40 (one source said heheard a $3.50 deal got done), Sumas soared far above an overallmarket that had turned stagnant since Monday’s strong rebound.