• International Energy Agency (IEA) says oil demand won't fully recover until at least 2022

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16 June 2020

International Energy Agency (IEA) says oil demand won't fully recover until at least 2022

  • IEA raised the forecast for 2020 oil demand by nearly 500,000 bpd due to stronger than expected imports in Asia.

  • Floating storage of crude oil in May fell by 6.4 mil barrels m/m to 165.8 mil barrels

  • Global oil supply fell by 11.8 mil bpd in May

  • Helped by OPEC+ countries reducing output by 9.4 mil bpd

  • Sees oil demand next year to rise by 5.7 mil bpd, but still lower than in 2019

  • Oil demand next year to remain 2.4 mil bpd below 2019 levels

  • Reduced jet and kerosene deliveries will impact total oil demand until at least 2022.

  • Less flying due to coronavirus fears means the world will not return to pre-pandemic demand levels before 2022.

  • On OPEC+, they made a "strong start" and delivered 89% of its pledge to cut output

  • Rising prices could pose a problem:

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