Oil markets rose on Thursday, lifted by a fourth straight weekly fall in U.S. crude inventories, though climbing output capped prices well below the 2015 highs reached earlier this week. FILE PHOTO – A pump jack is seen at sunrise near Bakersfield, California October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $56.69 a barrel at 0545 GMT, up 9 cents, or 0.2 percent, from their last settlement. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $62.79 a barrel, up 35 cents, or 0.6 percent from their last close. U.S. crude oil stockpiles fell by 5.1 million barrels in the week to Dec. 8, the fourth consecutive week of decline, to 442.99 million barrels, lowest since October 2015. [EIA/S] Despite the price gain, Brent was well below $65.83 a barrel, the June 2015 high touched earlier this week. […]