Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Crude Oil Rises Amid Shrinking U.S. Surplus as OPEC Prepares to Gather – Futures in New York briefly surged almost 3 percent on Wednesday to the highest since 2014. An Energy Information Administration report showed shrinking American petroleum surpluses and the first crude withdrawal from the largest U.S. storage complex in six weeks. The U.S. draw-downs underlined optimism that an OPEC-led effort to curb global supplies will be reinforced later this week when the cartel and allied producers gather in Saudi Arabia.