FXStreet (Mumbai) – In its fresh monthly report published on Tuesday, OPEC points to an increase in world oil demand both in 2015 and 2016, and non-OPEC oil supply growth has also been revised upwards.
The cartel now projects that global oil demand is now expected to grow by 1.38 mb/d in 2015, following an upward revision of 0.10 mb/d since the last report.
Key Findings from the OPEC report:
“In 2016, world oil demand growth is forecast to remain stable, reaching 1.34 mb/d with total world consumption hitting a record level of 94.04 mb/d,”
“In 2016, non-OPEC oil supply is expected to increase by 0.27 mb/d, a 40 tb/d downward adjustment from the previous report. OPEC NGLs are expected to grow by 0.19 mb/d in 2015 and 0.17 mb/d in 2016.”
OPEC expects that world economic growth for both 2015 and 2016 will remain unchanged at 3.2% and 3.5%, respectively, with the OECD economies expected to grow by 2.0% in 2015 and 2.1% in 2016.
The cartel’s China forecast remains at 6.9% for this year and at 6.5% for 2016, while it sees India unchanged with growth at 7.5% this year and 7.7% in 2016.
OPEC analysts believe that although “Brazil and to some extent Russia have shown some weakness recently,” they will move out of recession in the coming year.
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