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OPEC sticks to its bullish oil demand forecast, but now sees more US output growth

December 13, 2017

OPEC forecasts strong global appetite for crude oil in 2018 but now sees output from the United States and elsewhere growing more than previously expected.

The 14-member oil cartel’s latest read on supply and demand comes just two weeks after it agreed to extend output limits with Russia and nine other producer nations. The two dozen producers are capping production to shrink huge global stockpiles of oil that have weighed on prices for more than three years.

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