Oil traded near $45 a barrel before weekly U.S. government data forecast to show rising stockpiles kept crude supplies at the highest level in more than eight decades. Futures rose as much as 0.9 percent in New York, trimming a 2.7 percent drop over the previous two sessions. Inventories increased by 500,000 barrels last week, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey before an Energy Information Administration report Wednesday. Iran’s Dana Energy Co. is in talks with European and Asian companies to create partnerships to bid for oil and gas development rights in the country, Chairman Mohammad Iravani said. Oil has rebounded after slumping to the lowest since 2003 earlier this year amid signs the global glut will ease as U.S. output declines. Production from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries rose last month, underpinned by gains from Iraq and Iran, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. […]