WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release: * * * EIA raises natural gas price forecast following increased heating demand amid severe winter weather Natural gas prices rose sharply in January, averaging $7.72 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), as cold weather increased heating demand, reduced production, and led to record storage withdrawals during Winter Storm Fern. The drawdown for the week ending Janua  more