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Wednesday, 10/05/2005 7:14:24 PM

Wednesday, October 05, 2005 7:14:24 PM

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Natural gas futures closed at a record high of $14.224 per 1,000 cubic feet on Tuesday; they fell 4.1 cents on Wednesday to $14.183, but that is still roughly double year-ago prices.

The Interior Department said Tuesday that heavy damage by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita would mean a slow recovery for offshore natural gas production. The Gulf Coast produces about one-fifth of the natural gas used by U.S. industry and to heat homes. The loss of natural gas output is particularly troublesome, analysts say, because there is no emergency stockpile.



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