Ahead of the Bell: Natural gas supplies seen down

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Energy Department is expected to report on Thursday that the nation's natural gas supplies shrank by 116 billion to 120 billion cubic feet in the week ended Feb. 10, according to a survey of analysts by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos.

The Energy Information Administration releases its weekly report at 10:30 a.m. EST.