The oil stocks in the United States rose by 4,405 million barrels in the week ending Friday (14), as pointed out by the country's Department of Energy (DoE) on Wednesday (19). The result contradicted the projection of economists consulted by the Wall Street Journal, who expected a drop of 1.6 million barrels. With the advance, the oil stocks totaled 428,815 million barrels. According to DoE, the gasoline stocks rose by 688 thousand barrels - to …