Page 12 - Oil Demand

India's September fuel demand declines about 4.4% to 15.47 mn tonnes

Sales of gasoline, or petrol, rose by 3.3% from a year earlier to 2.45 million tonnes

Oil steady as demand worries revive, crews return to US Gulf rigs

rent crude futures gained 5 cents, or 0.1%, to $42.27 a barrel, after climbing 4.2% on Wednesday

BP says era of oil-demand growth over, may not return to pre-Covid levels

The UK giant is describing a different future, where oil's supremacy is challenged, and ultimately fades

Oil market's reliance on China shows narrowing options

Platts Analytics sees oil prices struggling to go beyond the mid-$40s/bbl mark by the end of calendar year 2020 (CY20) before creeping up to $50/b by end-2021

Saudi Arabia reduces oil prices in sign demand recovery struggling

Aramco cut Arab Light to Asia to a discount against the benchmark oil price used by the Saudis for the first time since June

Oil holds near $44/barrel, heads for biggest weekly drop on demand concerns

Brent crude, the international benchmark, was up 5 cents, or 0.1%, to $44.12 at 0745 GMT, heading for a 2.3% drop this week

The weak dollar: Why it won't be replaced as global reserve currency

For international investors in general, currency risk - above all the weakening of the US dollar - has become the most important financial risk of the year

IEA cuts 2020 oil demand forecast by 140,000 bpd over aviation sector woes

The Paris-based IEA slashed its 2020 outlook by 140,000 bpd to 91.9 million bpd, its first downgrade in several months

OPEC trims oil demand in 2020; recovery doubtful in 2021 on Covid-19

World oil demand will fall by 9.06 million barrels per day (bpd) this year, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said in a monthly report

Oil prices rise 1% on Saudi Aramco's upbeat demand view, Iraq output cut

West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 50 cents, or 1.2%, to $41.72 a barrel at 0301 GMT, while Brent crude futures were up 40 cents, or 0.9%, at $44.80 a barrel

Indian Oil Q1 net profit falls 47% to Rs 1,910.84 crore on poor demand

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd reported a 47% drop in its June quarter net profit as pandemic outbreak pummelled fuel demand and shrank refining margins

Oil demand may hit 100 million b/d in 2041 if economic recovery sustains

Platts Analytics sees continued growth in long-term petrochemicals demand as potentially delaying peak oil demand to 2021.

Global oil demand will soar by a record 7 million bpd in 2021: OPEC

Oil prices collapsed this year after global demand fell by a third when governments imposed lockdowns to stop the spread of the virus

Apple market capitalisation closes in on Saudi Aramco's as No. 1 in world

Apple gained as much as 4.2% on Monday for a market capitalization above $1.70 trillion, trailing Saudi Aramco at about $1.78 trillion based on current exchange rates.

Goldman Sachs sees oil demand returning to pre-coronavirus levels by 2022

Demand is expected to fall by 8% this year, before rebounding 6% in 2021, the bank said

Oil pips $40 for first time since March on OPEC cuts, demand recovery seen

Brent has more than doubled after hitting a 21-year low below $16 in April, when U.S. crude went negative

China drives global oil demand recovery out of coronavirus collapse

Benchmark oil prices have also bounced back as lockdown measures eased, with Brent futures rallying 50% and US crude futures over 90% since May 1

Oil prices slip on demand worries even as Covid lockdowns begin to ease

Brent crude futures fell 21 cents, or 0.6 per cent, to $35.96 by 0120 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were down 31 cents, or 0.9 per cent, at $34.04 a barrel

Lockdown impact: Fuel demand in India plunged to historic lows in April

In its latest report, the International Energy Agency has said India's annual fuel consumption will decline 5.6 per cent in 2020

Oil demand won't recover to 2019 levels until end of 2021: Morgan Stanley

The Wall Street bank expects benchmark US oil prices to stabilise at around $40 a barrel next year