IEA again lowers forecast for world oil demand

摘要

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has again lowered its forecast for world oil demand this year by another one million b/d to 83.4 million b/d. With the world economy in freefall, the Paris-based energy watchdog for consuming countries said its latest forecast is based on a further downward assessment for weaker demand in the former Soviet Union, Asia and North America. It pegged 2008 world oil demand at 85.7 million b/ d, which was -0.4% or 400,000 b/d down from 2007.