In an abbreviated stretch of trading, weekly cash prices eased slightly. The spot market made gains at times during the week alongside hits to production and chilly temperatures in the Mountain West and central United States. But those advances were more than offset by a pullback on the West Coast.

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NGI’s Weekly Spot Gas National Avg. for the April 3-6 period – shortened by one session because of the Good Friday holiday — slipped 1.5 cents to $2.505.

Cold winds, freezing rains and snow showers pelted parts of the northern Rockies, Plains and Midwest during the week, galvanizing heating demand, but mild conditions elsewhere prevailed.

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