Oil advanced to the highest level in two weeks after declining stockpiles of U.S. crude, gasoline and distillate signaled healthy demand during the nation’s summer driving season. Futures rose 1% in New York on Wednesday. A U.S. government report showed crude supplies slid to the lowest since January 2020 and distillate stockpiles posted the biggest decline since April. Fuel inventories fell by more than 2 million barrels last week, the data showed. U.S. demand is “pretty healthy from an inventory perspective,” said Brian Kessens, a portfolio manager at Tortoise, a firm that manages roughly $8 billion in energy-related assets. While the delta variant bears watching, in the U.S. “to date, it hasn’t had any impact on mobility at all,” he said. Global oil prices have rallied this year with an economic recovery underway following vaccine campaigns. However, the delta variant’s recent surge is posing a threat to the commodity’s […]