A general view of the entrance to the Forties Pipeline System installation in Scotland. U.S. oil prices rose and the global benchmark fell Friday, as prices were supported by a pipeline outage in the North Sea, but higher forecasts for U.S. output in 2018 from major energy groups this week limited gains. U.S. crude futures rose 26 cents, or 0.46%, to $57.30 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent, the global benchmark, fell 8 cents, or 0.13%, to $63.23 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe. “We’re in a structural malaise,” said J. Alexander Blackman, an executive at Standard Delta, an energy and trading firm. “OPEC policy and shale technology create a very tight range where prices trade.” The U.S. benchmark fell 6 cents this week—its third straight weekly decline. Brent fell for a second week in a row, edging down by 17 cents. Prices have been in […]