Oil prices steadied on Thursday as expectations of an OPEC deal to limit production were balanced by growing evidence of heavy oversupply and rising stocks, particularly in the United States. U.S. crude inventories rose by 5.3 million barrels in the week to Nov. 11, well above forecasts of an increase of 1.5 million barrels, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed on Wednesday. Stocks are also rising elsewhere, thanks in part to record output by oil producers in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which pumps around 40 percent of the world oil supply. OPEC countries are due to meet on Nov. 30 to discuss limits on production, and may even agree a cut in output in an attempt to push up prices, but data shows global […]