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["ÁÎ×Ó¹â Henry C.K.Liu ¹ù¤l¥ú" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Homeowners who heat with natural gas could be feeling some
  financial pain this winter, given the dramatic price increase for
  the once-bargain fuel.

  Residential consumers will pay about 25 percent more this winter
  for gas, the U.S. Energy Department predicted this month.

  Industry estimates are even scarier. Paul Wilkinson, vice
  president of the American Gas Association, said retail costs for
  gas could rise to 40 percent above last year, depending on how
  cold it gets.

  That prospect worries many people, among them Dorothy Day, an
  85-year-old retiree in Columbus, Ind., who says she may not be
  able to afford to keep her five-room bungalow warm and comfortable
  through the winter.

  ``I don't know how I am going to do it,'' she said. ``I ain't got
  nothing else to give up. I don't smoke cigarettes. I have the bare
  necessities.''

  This winter's wellhead price for natural gas could be $3.40 per
  thousand cubic feet, nearly double what it was last winter, the
  Energy Department estimated. The wholesale price is now over $5
  per thousand cubic feet, up from $2 in recent years.

  Adjusted for inflation, this winter's gas prices would be the
  highest since 1985.  (AP)


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  NYM - 1,000 bbl_dollars per bbl.                  CONTRACT
     OPEN    HIGH    LOW   SETTLE   CHANGE   HIGH    LOW
  Oct 00  36.75   37.00   36.15   36.51   -.37    37.15   14.22
  Nov 00  35.40   35.50   34.65   35.01   -.54    35.87   15.12