The benchmark U.S. oil price jumped to a 2015 high on Tuesday on fresh signs that the nation’s production is on the brink of a decline. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said Tuesday that U.S. crude-oil output, which hit a 42-year high in March, would peak in April and May before falling from June to September. The forecast comes a day after analysts at Goldman Sachs predicted peak production would come this month. These estimates reinforce the view that the boom in U.S. oil output, which helped drive a 50% plunge in oil prices in 2014, will ease this year. That could potentially set the stage for a period of relative price stability, investors and analysts say. Crude oil for May delivery rose 3.5% to $53.98 a barrel, the highest level since Dec. 30, on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Futures have soared […]