By Timothy Puko Natural gas futures made small gains Thursday after data showing a larger-than-expected draw from stockpiles. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said storage levels fell by 111 billion cubic feet in the week ended Feb. 13. That is 3 bcf more than the 108-bcf consensus average of 17 forecasters surveyed by The Wall Street Journal. The EIA update is widely considered one of the best measures of supply and demand, and this draw would indicate lower supply or larger demand than expected. In the minute after the data, prices rose 0.9% to $2.856 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange. They briefly fell reverted to losses before flipping again. The front-month March contract recently traded up 1.4 cents, or 0.5%, at $2.845/mmBtu. Cold winter weather, like that chilling the eastern half of the country right now, usually drives demand and raises prices. But […]