West Texas Intermediate crude rose for the first time in four days before stockpile data that will signal the strength of fuel demand in the U.S., the world’s biggest oil consumer. Brent declined in London. Futures advanced as much as 0.6 percent in New York . Crude inventories probably shrank by 1.5 million barrels last week to 358.1 million, according to a Bloomberg News survey before a report from the Energy Information Administration tomorrow. Libyan output climbed to 740,000 barrels a day, Mohamed Elharari, a spokesman for National Oil Corp., said yesterday. “We have the EIA numbers to look out for; they have been showing pretty good trends,” David Lennox , a resource analyst at Fat Prophets in Sydney, said by phone today. “Barring any geopolitical events, the oil price might just meander along.” WTI for October delivery rose as much as 53 cents to $93.19 a barrel in […]