U.S. inventories probably fell 1.95 million barrels last week Russia’s Novak will meet nation’s oil bosses on OPEC-led deal Oil halted a six-day slide before U.S. government data that’s forecast to show crude stockpiles fell for a third week. Futures were little changed in New York after dropping 7.4 percent over the previous six sessions. Stockpiles probably slid by 1.95 million barrels last week, according to a Bloomberg survey before a report from the Energy Information Administration on Wednesday. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak will meet with the nation’s oil bosses this week to discuss extending an accord by global producers to cut output. Oil’s rally faltered last week amid concern that rising U.S. output will offset efforts by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies to trim a global glut. While OPEC members mull an extension to the six-month deal past June, American drillers targeting crude […]