OPEC Sees Latest COVID-19 Surge Hitting Oil Demand
Excitement over the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine today had oil prices surging this morning, but the rally fizzled after OPEC put out its monthly oil market report. Citing further uncertainty in the transportation sector caused by surging cases of COVID-19, the group lowered its estimates for a recovery in demand next year.
OPEC had previously expected demand to grow by 6.3 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2021, but the cartel now anticipates that growth will be 5.9 mb/d. Estimates for 2021 demand have been continuously decreasing since July 2020, when 2021 growth was expected to be 7.0 mb/d.
Source Fool.com
