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Coping with unexpected oil demand movements

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Continuous upward revisions to world oil demand projections for 2003 and 2004 are compared with the downward revisions that took place in 1998 and 1999, following the 1997 Asian economic crisis. Demand leads supply, in the current case, resulting in a time‐lag in the whole supply chain, while supply led demand half a decade ago, with the OECD's commercial stocks reaching record highs. Recent months have seen a reversal of the longstanding inverse relationship between the United States of America's commercial crude oil stock levels and crude prices, and they are now moving in parallel. The fact that the US market is now adequately or even well supplied means that factors other than inventory levels are causing the present high prices. These factors are briefly outlined. OPEC is doing everything it can to maintain market stability, with prices at levels acceptable to producers and consumers. The agreement reached in Beirut on 3 June is the latest example of this.

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  • OPEC Secretariat, 2004. "Coping with unexpected oil demand movements," OPEC Energy Review, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, vol. 28(3), pages 241-245, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:opecrv:v:28:y:2004:i:3:p:241-245
    DOI: 10.1111/j.0277-0180.2004.00136.x
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