{"id":112784,"date":"2025-03-13T15:33:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T11:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=112784"},"modified":"2025-03-13T15:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T11:33:48","slug":"iea-lowers-oil-demand-growth-forecast-amid-global-economic-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/iea-lowers-oil-demand-growth-forecast-amid-global-economic-concerns\/03\/13\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"IEA Lowers Oil Demand Growth Forecast Amid Global Economic Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>International Energy Agency (IEA)<\/strong> has revised its <strong>oil demand growth estimates<\/strong> for <strong>Q4 2024 and Q1 2025<\/strong>, citing <strong>worsening macroeconomic conditions<\/strong> driven by <strong>global trade tensions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Revised Oil Demand Forecasts<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency now expects global oil demand to increase by <strong>1.03 million barrels per day (bpd)<\/strong> in 2025, <strong>down from the previous 1.1 million bpd forecast<\/strong>. This brings the total <strong>average daily demand<\/strong> to <strong>103.9 million bpd<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the IEA\u2019s forecast is <strong>significantly lower<\/strong> than <strong>OPEC\u2019s<\/strong> projection of a <strong>1.45 million bpd<\/strong> increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Current Oil Market Conditions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Brent Crude Futures<\/strong> are trading around <strong>$71 per barrel<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Crude Futures<\/strong> are near <strong>$67 per barrel<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Oil Supply Expected to Outpace Demand<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The IEA now projects that <strong>global oil supply<\/strong> will exceed demand by approximately <strong>600,000 bpd<\/strong>\u2014a larger surplus than previously estimated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, if <strong>OPEC+ raises output beyond April<\/strong> and compliance among over-producing members remains weak, an extra <strong>400,000 bpd<\/strong> could enter the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Trade Tensions and Economic Risks<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>IEA<\/strong> has expressed concerns over the impact of <strong>new U.S. tariffs<\/strong> on <strong>global trade<\/strong> and <strong>economic growth<\/strong>. The agency highlighted the <strong>uncertainty<\/strong> surrounding potential <strong>retaliatory actions<\/strong>, which could further dampen <strong>oil demand growth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Stagflation Risks in 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The IEA warned that a scenario of <strong>stagflation<\/strong>\u2014characterized by <strong>slow economic growth<\/strong> alongside <strong>rising prices<\/strong>\u2014could make it <strong>more difficult for policymakers to intervene<\/strong>, further <strong>pressuring oil demand<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Oil Supply Outlook for 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Total global oil supply is projected to <strong>average 104.5 million bpd<\/strong>, with <strong>non-OPEC+ producers contributing an additional 1.5 million bpd<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Market Outlook: Oil Prices Under Pressure<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With <strong>weaker demand growth<\/strong> and <strong>rising supply<\/strong>, oil prices could remain <strong>under pressure in the coming months<\/strong>, particularly if economic conditions <strong>continue to deteriorate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Energy Agency (IEA) has revised its oil demand growth estimates for Q4 2024 and Q1 2025, citing worsening macroeconomic conditions driven by global trade tensions. Revised Oil Demand Forecasts The agency now expects global oil demand to increase by 1.03 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2025, down from the previous 1.1 million &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":32660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,36],"tags":[10566,6846,7004,6875],"class_list":["post-112784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-commodities-news","category-market-updates","tag-manufacturing-activity","tag-oil","tag-opec-2","tag-russia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112785,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112784\/revisions\/112785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}