U.S. crude inventories were forecast to have risen for the fourth time in five weeks, while refined product stockpiles likely fell last week, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Monday. A pumpjack brings oil to the surface in the Monterey Shale, California, U.S. April 29, 2013. Seven analysts polled ahead of inventory reports from industry group American Petroleum Institute (API) and the U.S. Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimated, on average, that crude stocks rose 400,000 barrels in the week ended March 23. Crude inventories fell 2.6 million barrels in the week to March 16, compared with analysts’ expectations for an increase of 2.6 million barrels. The API is scheduled to release its data for last week at 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030 GMT) on Tuesday, and the EIA report is due at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT) on Wednesday. Analysts forecast that stockpiles […]