Montney’s gas producers ‘hunkering down’

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Houston—Several major producers in theMontney Shale of Western Canada are scal-ing back on natural gas drilling as spot pricesat AECO-NIT hub in Alberta hover at some oftheir lowest levels in a decade.But the pullback will likely be short-livedas the liquids-rich areas in the play offer astrong incentive to producers as they waitout the low prices but still pull out a fairamount of associated gas in the process,analysts say.