21.   Natural gas posted its biggest one-day drop since last winter as mild weather in the U.S. heating dampened demand.

22.   Natural gas sank as newSforecasts for mild weather across the western and central U.S. signaled lower heating demand, spurring an exodus from the expiring January contract.

23.   Natural gas fell for a second day as a forecast for warmer weather brought expectations for lower heating demand.

24.   Natural gas sank as new forecasts for mild weather across the western and central U.S. signaled lower heating demand, spurring an exodus from the expiring January contract.

25.   Prices reached their record high last December amid robust heating demand because of the cold winter, coupled with a shortage of spare pipeline capacity.

26.   Reduced heating demand in the U.S. Northeast because of warmer weather helped push heating oil prices lower.

27.   Residential and commercial heating demand accounts for more than a third of U.S. gas consumption, according to the U.S. Energy Department.

28.   Some traders cited ample heating oil inventories and lackluster cold-weather heating demand as reasons for lower prices.

29.   Still, most traders said talk of colder weather in some parts had little effect on prices today because heating demand for the week will probably remain lackluster.

30.   The chill could rev up heating demand as falling refinery production and brisk European demand erode U.S. inventories at a time of year they typically rise.