Pengrowth Energy Trust announces temporary plant shut down Stock Symbol: PGF.UN, TSE / PGH, NYSE CALGARY, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pengrowth Corporation, administrator of Pengrowth Energy Trust ("Pengrowth"), announced today that it conducted a shut down of the Judy Creek gas plant and temporarily evacuated all plant personnel late in the afternoon on May 18, 2004 in response to a forest fire which burned around the plant. No physical damage was sustained at Pengrowth's facility and Alberta Forestry has advised that there is no imminent danger to Pengrowth's gas plant or production operations. Pengrowth is awaiting the repair of power poles prior to initiating a plant startup. Shut-in production from the Judy Creek and Swan Hills fields is approximately 13,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day net to Pengrowth. PENGROWTH CORPORATION James S. Kinnear, President DATASOURCE: Pengrowth Energy Trust CONTACT: about Pengrowth, please visit our website http://www.pengrowth.com/; or contact: Investor Relations, Calgary, E-mail: , Telephone: (403) 233-0224, Toll Free: 1-800-223-4122, Facsimile: (403) 294-0051; Investor Relations, Toronto, E-mail: , Telephone: (416) 362-1748, Toll Free: 1-888-744-1111, Facsimile: (416) 362-8191

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