Tag: OPEC

LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters) – OPEC+ supply cuts could erode oil inventories in the rest of this year, potentially driving prices even higher, before economic headwinds limit global demand growth in 2024, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on Thursday left its forecasts for growth in 2023 and 2024 world oil demand unchanged. In its monthly report, OPEC said it expects demand this year to grow by 2.4 million barrels a day, followed by 2.2 million barrels a day, or mbd, in 2022. 

Global oil demand will rise to 110 million barrels a day in about 20 years, pushing the world’s energy demand up by 23%, said OPEC on Monday.

Oil prices rose following OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia’s decision to cut production by another million barrels per day.

OPEC and its allies are unlikely to deepen supply cuts at their ministerial meeting on Sunday despite a fall in oil prices toward $70 per barrel, four sources from the alliance told Reuters.

Saudi oil minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman on Tuesday told market speculators to “watch out,” reiterating his warning that they could face pain ahead.