OPEC sees world oil demand reaching pre-pandemic level in 2022

The Group of the Petroleum Exporting International locations mentioned in its month-to-month report on Thursday that demand subsequent yr would rise by 3.4% to 99.86 million barrels per day (bpd), and would common greater than 100 million bpd within the second half of 2022.

“Stable expectations exist for international financial development in 2022,” OPEC mentioned. “These embody improved containment of COVID-19, significantly in rising and creating international locations, that are forecast to spur oil demand to succeed in pre-pandemic ranges in 2022.”

The report displays OPEC’s confidence that demand will get better robustly from the pandemic, permitting the group and its allies to additional ease document provide curbs made in 2020. Some analysts have mentioned world oil demand could have peaked in 2019.

OPEC’s report mentioned 2019 demand averaged 99.98 million bpd.

OPEC additionally maintained its prediction that demand would develop by 5.95 million bpd in 2021.

OPEC forecast oil demand in China and India would exceed pre-pandemic ranges subsequent yr. It mentioned the USA would make the most important contribution to 2022 demand development, though U.S. oil use would keep just under 2019 ranges.

World financial development was anticipated to gradual to 4.1% subsequent yr from 5.5% in 2021, nonetheless supported by authorities stimulus and with the outlook “relying totally on COVID-19-related developments”, OPEC mentioned.

Oil was buying and selling beneath $74 a barrel after the OPEC report was launched. The value has climbed greater than 40% this yr with the assistance of provide cuts by OPEC and its allies, a bunch referred to as OPEC+.

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The report confirmed larger output from OPEC and forecast extra provides from rivals in 2022, together with U.S. shale producers.

OPEC+ agreed in April to steadily ease output cuts from Might to July. Thursday’s report confirmed OPEC manufacturing in June rose 590,000 bpd to 26.03 million bpd.

OPEC+ has but to determine on plans for the remainder of 2021 after a dispute between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates disrupted talks. Reuters reported on Wednesday that the 2 had reached a compromise.

The report forecast a 2.1 million bpd rise in provide from OPEC’s rivals in 2022 as larger costs spur funding. OPEC sees output of U.S. shale oil, one other time period for shale, rising by 500,000 bpd in 2022, after a contraction this yr.

The additional barrels will restrict development in demand for OPEC crude subsequent yr however OPEC nonetheless sees the world needing 28.7 million bpd from its members, up 1.1 million bpd from 2021 and, in idea, permitting larger OPEC manufacturing.