Wall Street lenders that bankrolled the debt-fueled U.S. oil boom are putting aside more cash to cover potential energy losses as “lower for longer” takes its toll. After rebounding to $61 a barrel in June, crude prices tumbled 24 percent in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Tuesday that it increased its loan loss reserves for oil and gas by $160 million in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp.’s at-risk loans increased 15 percent from a year ago due to the deteriorating finances of some of its oil and gas borrowers. And Wells Fargo & Co. reported that it reserved additional cash to cover potential losses in the energy sector. The financial industry has so far avoided the kind of damage that triggered the collapse of hundreds of energy lenders in the 1980s. Banks are in the middle of the second round of twice-yearly reassessments of […]