IEA Supply/Demand Balance… – Commodity Research Group

April 13, 2017 by Jim Colburn Leave a Comment

The IEA is looking for sharp draws in this quarter:

With a caveat:

“Another factor that could influence the market balance is revised demand growth. We have cut our growth number for 1Q17 by 0.2 mb/d to 1.1 mb/d. New data shows weaker-than-expected growth in a number of countries including Russia, India, several Middle Eastern countries, Korea and the US, where demand has stalled in recent months. After upgrading demand estimates for 2Q17 and cutting it for the second half of the year, we are left with growth for 2017 at 1.3 mb/d rather than the 1.4 mb/d previously forecast.”

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