Crude oil prices searched for direction in early Thursday trading after the U.S. market turned back toward the supply side, though China showed higher demand. Crude oil prices moved lower for most of the week, following an unprecedented rally that met a move by members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in late September to work toward a production cap. Oil turned south in Wednesday trading after OPEC reported its own crude oil production had moved above the high end of a production ceiling proposed last month in Algeria. The American Petroleum Institute, meanwhile, reported late Wednesday that crude oil inventories in the United States rose by 2.7 million barrels, a reversal of recent trends showing a draw […]