West Texas Intermediate crude rose for a third day amid speculation that government data will show distillate-fuel inventories declined for a second week in the U.S., the world’s biggest oil consumer. Futures advanced as much as 0.7 percent in New York . Distillate stockpiles , including heating oil and diesel, probably slid by 500,000 barrels last week, according to a Bloomberg News survey before a report from the Energy Information Administration tomorrow. The International Energy Agency raised its forecast yesterday for global oil consumption, citing a strengthening economy. “Demand in the U.S. appears to be on the way up,” David Lennox , a resource analyst at Fat Prophets in Sydney, said by phone today. “The IEA report helped to push prices.” WTI for March delivery gained as much as 63 cents to $95.60 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange , and was at $95.56 […]