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Oil prices rise, head for weekly gain amid cautious hopes for fuel demand recovery

Published 08/14/2020, 09:17 AM
Updated 08/14/2020, 09:20 AM
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TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Oil prices advanced on Friday and
were heading for a second week of gains amid growing confidence
that demand for fuel is starting to pick up despite the
coronavirus pandemic that has slammed economies worldwide.
Brent crude LCOc1 was up 14 cents, or 0.3%, at $45.10 by
0043 GMT, heading for a gain of about 1.6% this week.
West Texas Intermediate CLc1 had gained 12 cents, or 0.3%,
to $42.36. The U.S. benchmark is heading for a gain of nearly 3%
this week.
"The situation has improved some, but the market dynamics
are still less than stellar," said Robert Yawger, director of
energy futures at Mizuho Securities, adding "the market is
oversupplied".
Prices have been bolstered this week by U.S. government data
showing crude oil, gasoline and distillate inventories all fell
last week as refiners ramped up production and demand for oil
products improved. EIA/S
Still, the International Energy Agency has reduced its oil
demand forecast for this year, and said lower air travel due to
the COVID-19 pandemic would cut global oil consumption this year
by 8.1 million barrels per day (bpd). The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
said earlier this week that world oil demand is likely to drop
by 9.06 million bpd this year, a bigger decline than the 8.95
million bpd decline expected a month ago. OPEC and allies including Russia, collectively called OPEC+,
cut output since May by around 10% of typical global demand to
tackle the fallout from the global health crisis.
Meanwhile, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said he
does not expect quick decisions on output cuts when an OPEC+
group monitoring committee meets next week, Russian news
agencies reported on Thursday.

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