U.S. oil demand will rise by 1.7% this year, posting the first rise since 2010, government forecasters said Tuesday. The gain of 310,000 barrels a day, to 18.8 million barrels a day, is an upward revision from the month-earlier rise of 1.1% projected by the Energy Information Administration. Oil demand in the world’s largest oil consumer has dropped by an average of 345,000 barrels a day over the previous two years. Data in EIA’s short-term energy outlook show the stronger oil demand outlook comes as analysts lifted their estimate for 2013 growth in U.S. real gross domestic product to 1.7% from a rise of 1.5% in the month-earlier forecast. For 2014, GDP growth of 2.4% is expected, down slightly from the forecast issued last month for 2.5% growth. Oil demand in 2014 is expected to slip 0.2% from 2013, to 18.77 million barrels a day […]