Gdog, QSRI & MOAT!! I don't know if this will have any effect on them but it looks interesting! Taken from RB Board:Tuesday March 21, 4:08 pm Eastern Time
U.S. spot natgas prices move higher with NYMEX
NEW YORK, March 21 (Reuters) - U.S. spot natural gas prices moved higher in tandem with a firmer futures market, finishing strong, industry sources said Tuesday.
``The demand is there. The Hub even traded above the screen at the end. This could mean some more strengthening tomorrow,' one gas trader said.
Swing physical gas prices at Henry Hub were quoted at $2.72-2.78, indicating a gain of about 2 cents from Monday's market.
Prices on Columbia Gulf clung to the Hub, with deals reported done at $2.72-2.77. Mainline gas sold at $2.77-2.82.
Like cash, April futures inched up to a high of $2.77 per mmBtu this morning, up 5.6 cents from Monday's settlement.
The 600-megawatt (MW) coal-fired unit 1 at the Fayette plant outside of Austin, Texas, is expected to remain shut for several weeks for maintenance, according to the Lower Colorado River Authority. The unit was first shut March 13 due to a boiler tube leak.
Florida Gas said it will replace 120 feet of 36-inch pipeline April 1-2 between Compressor Stations 12 and 13 (between Munson and Carryville, Fla.), limiting deliveries to about 1.15-1.25 bcfd.
Florida Gas' outage at Johnson's Bayou in Louisiana is continuing and expected to last until April 1. The Transco-Vinton/Calcasieu interconnect is completely shut in while operators replace three compressor units.
Southern Natural (Sonat) said through April 30 it will be conducting compressor station maintenance on both the North System and the South Louisiana Production Area, but exact volumes affected were not available.
Also, Sonat will be doing testing at its Muldon Storage Facility April 2-April 8, reducing injection and withdrawal capacity by about 36 percent each. This will be followed by testing at its Bear Creek Facility April 9-April 15, reducing capacity by 64 percent each.
ANR said it is performing maintenance on its Southeast Mainline, expected to continue until the end of May and reducing capacity by 100 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd).
In the Northeast, New York city gate prices on Transco followed another volatile session, with the market refusing to break through the $3 mark despite forecasts for warmer weather for the latter part of this week.
One reason for the firmness was the missing power generation in the Northeast, traders said. According to the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland power pool, there were 10,113 MW of generation off line today, up again from 9,580 MW on Monday.
Prices on Transco ranged from an early low of $3.05 to as high as $3.15, with most of the business getting done in the middle. Similarly on Texas Eastern, gas traded at $3.03-3.08.
In the Appalachian region, prices on Columbia were steady to higher at $2.88-2.90.
In the Midwest, prices on pipes like Panhandle and ANR held in the mid-$2.60s, though late business was seen done as high as $2.70. Chicago city gate was still at $2.76-2.77, sources said. The Northern at Demarcation market was quoted mostly at $2.65-2.66.
Northern said it will be performing maintenance in March and April on several units along its system in the Field Zone, which stretches from Kansas into Oklahoma and Texas.
--March 6-30--Beaver County 3 (4 mmcfd)
--March 20-24--Finney County 3 (4 mmcfd)
--March 28-29--Clark County 1 (5 mmcfd)
--March 28 for 8 hours--Torch Benedum Plant (8 mmcfd)
--April 12-14, Clark County 1 (3.5 mmcfd)
Stevens County 2 (2 mmcfd)
--April 17-21--Finney County 2--unit 8 (3 mmcfd)
*--May 2-4--Finney County 3 (4 mmcfd)
*--May 2-4--Hugoton Plant (110 mmcfd)
*--May 2--Sublette Field (14 mmcfd)
*--May 9-11--Holcomb Station (100 mmcfd)
Northern's Spraberry unit 4, shut on Jan. 15, is expected to remain down until April 30 while operators make foundation repairs. Delivery capacity at the Lonestar and Valero interconnects will be limited to 80 mmcfd during the outage.
Also, the Cargray plant will be shut until further notice after shutting on Feb. 10, affecting about 2-4 mmcfd. A force majeure was declared on Feb. 9 at the outlet of the Haiduk compressor station.
Colorado Interstate said it will shut its Cheyenne Compressor Station in Wyoming April 3-19, reducing capacity by 75 mmcfd. Also, a unit at the Watkins Backflow Station in Colorado is scheduled to be down April 1-15, affecting 75 mmcfd. Other outages include the Lakin Station in Kansas April 3-21, affecting 10 mmcfd, and the Beaver Station in Colorado April 10-14, affecting 40 mmcfd.
KN said it will perform maintenance at its Casper Compressor Station in Wyoming April 4-29, affecting about 17 mmcfd.
In the West, El Paso Permian held mostly steady at $2.63-2.64, but San Juan traded late as high as $2.60 after trading earlier at $2.54.
The Southern California border market also moved slightly higher to the mid-$2.80s, picking up where traders left off on Monday.
KN's Lexington compressor station is scheduled to be down through March 31.
NGPL said it will perform annual maintenance at its Compressor Station 167 in Lea County, N.M., April 11 through April 14, reducing capacity by about 21 mmcfd.
El Paso outages scheduled through April include:
--March 20-23, Roswell #3 compressor, reducing SJ Crossover capacity by 30 mmcfd
--March 22-23, Castle Dome, coinciding with outage at Yuma Axis power plant, no impact
--March 24-April 10, El Paso C turbine, reducing S. Mainline capacity by 50 mmcfd
--March 27-31, Alamo Lake #1 turbine, N.M., reducing Havasu Crossover capacity by 50 mmcfd
--March 29, Alamo Lake Station, N.M., reducing Havasu Crossover capacity by an additional 100 mmcfd
--March 28-29, Seligman Station, reducing N. Mainline capacity by 60 mmcfd on March 28 and by an additional 40 mmcfd on March 29
--March 29, White Rock 1 turbine, N.M., reducing SJ Basin capacity by 150 mmcfd
--Apr 8-21, Blanco C2 turbine, N.M., reducing capacity by 20 mmcfd
--Apr 10-18, compressor work at Laguna and Roswell, N.M., reducing SJ Crossover capacity by 30 mmcfd
--Apr 12, Eunice B Plant, reducing capacity of the Plains to Eunice segment by 50 mmcfd
--Apr 17-20, Line 1300 pigging, N.M., reducing SJ Crossover capacity by 25 mmcfd
--Apr 19-20, Flagstaff Station, reducing N. Mainline capacity by 100 mmcfd
--Apr 19-20, Waha GE turbine, limiting deliveries to all Waha interconnects to a total of 270 mmcfd
--Apr 24-28, Wenden GE turbine, Ariz., reducing Havasu Crossover capacity by 100 mmcfd
--Apr 25, Wenden Station, Ariz., reducing Havasu capacity by an additional 50 mmcfd
--Apr 24-28, San Juan Mainline, reducing SJ Basin capacity by 40 mmcfd
--Apr 25, Leupp Station, reducing N. Mainline capacity by 150 mmcfd
--Apr 27, Dumas Station, reducing capacity from Plains north and from Dumas east by 85 mmcfd
--Apr 28, Alamo Lake Station, Ariz., reducing Havasu capacity by 150 mmcfd
Transwestern Pipeline outages in March/April are as follows (capacity restrictions):
--March 21-24, Agave Atoka #3, N.M.
--Apr. 3-10, Topock Lateral, Ariz., cutting all flows--400
mmcfd
--Apr. 3-9, Bloomfield Station, N.M., reducing SJ Lateral
capacity by 800 mmcfd Apr. 3-5, by 200 mmcfd Apr. 6 and limited to 70 mmcfd to Public Service of New Mexico Apr. 3-9
--Apr. 3-6 (in conjunction with Bloomfield outage), Bisti Station, N.M., reductions same as above
--Apr. 3-12, West Mainline stations 1,2,3,4, reducing West of Thoreau capacity (normal--953 mmcfd) by 453 mmcfd Apr. 3-5, by 238 mmcfd Apr. 6, by 223 mmcfd Apr. 7-9 and by 73 mmcfd Apr. 10-12
--Apr. 12-21, La Plata Station, N.M., reducing capacity by 175 mmcfd Apr. 12-16 and by 200 mmcfd Apr. 17-21
*--Apr. 17-28, Atoka 1 unit 794, N.M., reducing capacity by 10 mmcfd)
* denotes change from previous day's report
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