{"id":26937,"date":"2020-12-15T19:54:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T18:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/?p=26937"},"modified":"2021-10-07T00:23:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T00:23:42","slug":"opec-forecasts-a-6-56-growth-in-global-crude-oil-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/opec-forecasts-a-6-56-growth-in-global-crude-oil-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"OPEC forecasts a 6.56% growth in global crude oil demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Anthony Areh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is projecting a 6.56 per cent growth in global crude oil demand to 95.89 million barrels per day in 2021, compared to 89.99 million barrels per day in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The organisation disclosed this in its Monthly Oil Market Report for December, released on its website.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>It observed that the 2021 world oil demand would be 0.38 per cent lower than the 96.26 million barrels per day earlier projected for 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor 2021, world oil demand growth is revised lower by 0.35 million barrels per day (mb\/d) to growth of 5.90 mb\/d.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is due to the uncertainty surrounding the impact of COVID-19 and the labour market on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development( OECD) transportation fuel outlook for the first half of&nbsp; 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cPetrochemical feedstock and industrial fuels are forecast to gain momentum on the back of improving economic activities, with total oil demand projected to reach 96.89 mb\/d in 2021,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>OPEC also revised downward, global crude oil demand for 2020, by 9.77 million barrels per day, blaming the decline on low demand for transportation fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWorld oil demand for 2020 is expected to decline by 9.77 mb\/d, marginally lower than in last month\u2019s assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWeaker-than-expected data in the OECD in third quarter 2020, mainly due to lower transportation fuel demand in the U.S. and OECD countries, led to a downward revision of around 0.18 mb\/d for the OECD group.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cHowever, this is mostly offset by an upward revision for the non-OECD, by 0.16 mb\/d.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cBetter-than-expected oil demand in China, amid a steady recovery across various economic sectors, and improving oil demand from India, supports this upward revision. Total oil demand is estimated to reach 89.99 mb\/d in 2020,\u201d OPEC added.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The report further noted that the OPEC also revised its global economic growth projections, stating that the global economy would contract by 4.2 per cent year-on-year, (Y-O-Y) compared to its earlier projection of a 4.3 per cent contraction y-o-y.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>It said: \u201cGlobal economic growth is revised up slightly for 2020, after a better-than expected performance in third quarter 2020, now showing a contraction of 4.2 per cent, y-o-y, compared to the previous month\u2019s forecast of -4.3 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile the 2021 forecast remains at 4.4 per cent, recent positive news about faster-than anticipated vaccination programmes in major economies provides potential upside for next year\u2019s growth forecast.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cUS economic growth remains unchanged at -3.6 per cent for 2020 and at 3.4 per cent for 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Euro-zone forecast is revised down to -7.3 per cent, while the 2021 growth forecast remains at 3.7 per cent. 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