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Opec's outlook on oil market fundamentals unchanged

  • Märkte: Crude oil, Oil products
  • 13.12.22

Opec has left its key projections for oil supply and demand unchanged in its latest Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR).

It forecasts global oil demand to grow by 2.55mn b/d to 99.6mn b/d this year, followed by a 2.2mn b/d increase to 101.8mn b/d in 2023. Next year's growth will be supported by "expected geopolitical improvements and the containment of Covid-19 in China", Opec said.

Opec forecasts demand in China will rebound by 530,000 b/d in 2023 after falling by a projected 180,000 b/d this year. Opec expects Beijing to relax Covid-related restrictions in most regions by the end of March next year.

Opec warned that several challenges lie ahead for the global economy, including further monetary tightening measures by major central banks if inflation remains persistently high.

"Rising interest rates will be a cause for concern for countries with high sovereign debt levels," it said. "Tight labour markets, amid calls for higher wages, will add pressure, as will continued supply chain issues."

Opec has left its oil supply projections broadly unchanged — non-Opec supply is forecast to increase by 1.89mn b/d this year and by 1.54mn b/d in 2023. It expects the US, Norway, Brazil, Canada, Kazakhstan and Guyana to drive non-Opec supply growth next year, while oil production in Russia and Mexico is forecast to decline.

Opec has reiterated that "large uncertainties" remain around the impact of the EU's ban on Russian oil imports and around the potential of US shale output. It forecasts Russian liquids production will drop to 10.11mn b/d in 2023 from 10.96mn b/d this year, unchanged from last month's MOMR.

The forecast call on its own members' crude is also largely unchanged, at 28.6mn b/d for 2022 and 29.2mn b/d for 2023. Argus estimates Opec crude output was 28.9mn b/d in November.


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