NEW YORK — Oil producers in the United States are proving more resistant to low prices, even as global supply is set to fall into a deficit next year.

The Energy Information Administration increased its domestic output forecast for 2017 to 8.31 million barrels a day from 8.2 million projected in July, according to its monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Tuesday. Global oil consumption will exceed supply by an average 170,000 barrels a day next year, which compares with a 10,000- barrel surplus in July’s outlook.

Futures slipped as much as 0.3 percent in New York Tuesday.

West Texas Intermediate crude is up 64 percent since touching a 12-year low in February, encouraging a resumption of drilling in the shale patch. Producers boosted the number of rigs seeking oil during the past six weeks, the longest run of gains since last August, according to Baker Hughes Inc. data.

“Obviously, the respite from the super-low prices earlier this year has had an impact,’’ said John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital LLC, a New York hedge fund focused on energy. “This highlights how the industry has been able to get costs down. They are able to profit with a lower oil price than before.’’

EOG Resources Inc. plans to drill more this year after slashing costs, with further production gains seen among companies including Anadarko Petroleum Corp. once prices reach $60.

Oil is down about 50 percent since Saudi Arabia led OPEC’s decision in November 2014 to maintain output and defend market share against higher-cost US shale producers. The Saudi strategy succeeded in curbing US crude output, at least for a time. American production started to slip after peaking at 9.7 million barrels a day in April 2015, the highest monthly level since 1971.

An informal meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries next month is unlikely to deliver any agreement to limit production because several members including Iran are still pumping below capacity.

World demand will average 97.76 million barrels a day in 2017, a 20,000-barrel reduction from last month. World production average 96.59 million barrels a day in 2017, which is down 200,000 barrels from July.

The average retail price for regular-grade gasoline this ­summer is forecast at $2.19 per gallon, down from 6 cents from July’s estimate. Prices averaged $2.63 during the 2015 summer driving season.

“US regular-grade gasoline prices are currently at a 16-week low and are expected to continue falling to a monthly average of less than $2 a gallon by the end of the year,’’ EIA Administrator Adam Sieminski said in an ­e-mailed statement. “High ­gasoline production is leading to motor fuel inventories that are the highest on record for this time of year, which is helping to keep prices down at the pump.’’