• IEA cuts 2018 global oil demand growth forecast to 1.4 mln bpd from 1.5 mln bpd in prior month

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16 May 2018

IEA cuts 2018 global oil demand growth forecast to 1.4 mln bpd from 1.5 mln bpd in prior month

  • Increases 2018 non-OPEC supply growth forecast to 1.87 mln bpd from 1.8 mln bpd previously

  • Global refining runs to hit record 83 mln bpd by july-august, but will not cover all refined product demand

  • "Will monitor developments closely and is ready to act if necessary to ensure markets remain well supplied"

  • "Too soon" to predict impact on iran crude flows from U.S. sanctions

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