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OPEC Revises Long Term Oil Demand Forecasts Higher

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OPEC has raised its long-term oil demand forecasts in its 2023 World Oil Outlook October 9 report according to Reuters sources.

  • The upward revisions have not been described as ‘not large’ but underpin OPEC’s view that long term investment is required in the fossil fuels industry.
  • The 2022 version of OPEC's report sees oil demand reaching a plateau after 2035.
  • OPEC has pushed back on calls by the likes of the IEA that demand will peak earlier claiming it will harm investment in the industry.
  • OPEC Secretary General Haitham al-Ghais accused the IEA of ideologically driven fear-mongering that would destabilize the world economy last month.
  • "Such narratives only set the global energy system up to fail spectacularly," Ghais said in a Sept. 14 statement. "It would lead to energy chaos on a potentially unprecedented scale, with dire consequences for economies and billions of people across the world."

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