Tanker trucks sit on a gravel median waiting to be dispatched to drill sites in the Permian Basin area of Loving County, Texas. Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg Bloomberg News Oil shook off an early slump at the week’s open to push higher as investors weighed up prospects for demand ahead of a barrage of intelligence from leading energy players on the market outlook. West Texas Intermediate flipped to a gain, rising toward $90 a barrel after initially slumping more than 1%. Investors have backed away from commodities in recent months as slowing growth feeds concern that energy usage will drop, including for gasoline . That helped WTI to sink by almost 10% last week. Crude has had a roller-coaster ride in 2022, soaring in the opening months of the year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, then sinking from June as global slowdown concerns gathered pace. Elevated inflation has prompted central […]