Oil falls below $105 after IEA forecast

The price of oil fell slightly Friday, extending losses below $105 a barrel after a report from the International Energy Agency said supplies would exceed an expected rise in demand next year. Benchmark crude for August delivery was down 19 cents at $104.72 a barrel at early afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.61 to close at $104.91 on Thursday.
Oil had shot higher in recent days on a dramatic drop in U.S. supplies of oil and gasoline but its rise to a 16-month high was halted by the IEA’s forecast Thursday.
The agency expects supply growth to result in an additional 1.3 million barrels of oil a day in 2014, while global demand is forecast to grow by 1.2 million barrels a day next year.
“Non-OPEC supply growth looks on track to hit a 20-year record next year,” the IEA said in its monthly oil market report. “While demand growth is also forecast to pick up momentum … this will still fall short of forecast non-OPEC supply growth.”
Brent crude was down 10 cents at $106.94 on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
– UNB

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