1.   Earlier today, crude prices were lower amid a drop in heating oil futures that traders tied to warm weather blanketing the Northeast.

2.   Heating oil futures pared gains in late trading, along with other oil prices.

3.   Heating oil futures rose as Arctic cold throughout the U.S. boosted demand for heating fuels at a time when inventories are leaner than last year.

4.   Heating oil futures fell after a report showed inventories rose last week, easing concern that inventories would be too low to meet demand during a cold snap.

5.   Heating oil futures fell amid speculation the U.S. government might intervene to ensure adequate supplies, sparing consumers from soaring heating bills this winter.

6.   Heating oil futures fell to their lowest price in more than seven weeks amid expectations a report today will show higher U.S. inventories.

7.   Heating oil futures fell after a report showed inventories rose last week, easing concern that supplies would be too low to meet demand during a cold snap.

8.   Heating oil futures dropped after the American Petroleum Institute said inventories rose last week, easing concerns that lean reserves will fail to fulfill demand during the winter months.

9.   Look at what the cold weather has done to heating oil futures.

10.   More complicated trades involve taking advantage of a widening spread between gasoline and heating oil futures that usually accompanies the seasonal gasoline rally.