“The war with Iran has pulled the American oil industry out of a slump, raising corporate profits and spurring some companies to drill more wells,” the New York Times reports.“U.S. oil production is now forecast to grow modestly next year, topping 14 million barrels a day for the first time.”“But the war, paused for now by a preliminary deal, is unlikely to provide enough of a lift for the United States to take significant business from Persian Gulf countries that have been hobbled by the conflict, oil executives and investors said.”