Pandemic Punches 1.7-Billion-Barrel Hole in Global Oil Demand

(Bloomberg) — A fifth of global demand for oil will disappear this quarter. All three of the major forecasting agencies now agree that the world faces its biggest-ever slump in oil consumption, after governments imposed movement restrictions on billions of people to combat the coronavirus. The scale of the demand hit means that despite producers implementing unprecedented output cuts, stockpiles will soar this year.The International Energy Agency, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the U.S. Energy Information Administration have all updated their oil market forecasts in the past week and they have come into much closer alignment in their …read more

Source:: Yahoo Finance

Get our FREE Newsletter! Discover Stocks with +1,000% Upside Potential!
Join over 100,000 investors and business leaders worldwide. Discover the Next Super Stock before the rest of the crowd.
Your privacy is our priority. Your email address will never be sold or shared with anyone else.