US Sept oil demand declines 1.5 pct vs yr ago-EIA Wednesday October 8, 2:37 pm ET WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - U.S. demand for crude oil and refined petroleum products in September decreased 1.5 percent from a year earlier, the government said on Wednesday. Oil demand last month dropped 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 19.2 million bpd from the year before and was 1.2 million bpd less than August, according to preliminary data from the Energy Information Administration. However, petroleum demand during the first nine months of this year has averaged 19.9 million bpd, up 200,000 bpd, or 1...