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March Nymex natural gas (NGH24) on Wednesday closed -0.042 (-2.09%). Nat-gas prices on Wednesday dropped to a 9-3/4 month nearest-futures low as an unusually mild winter has sapped heating demand for nat-gas and kept U.S. inventories elevated. Forecaster Maxar Technologies said Wednesday that weather forecasts have turned warmer from the Rockies to the Midwest over the next two weeks. Nat-gas prices are also under pressure after the Freeport LNG nat-gas export terminal in Texas said on January 26 that it is shutting one of its three production units for a month for repairs after extreme cold i…