APPEC: Global Oil Demand Seen Reaching Pre-Pandemic Levels by Early 2022

APPEC: Global Oil Demand Seen Reaching Pre-Pandemic Levels by Early 2022
A worker holds a nozzle to pump petrol into a vehicle at a fuel station in Mumbai, India, on May 21, 2018. Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
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Global oil demand is expected to reach pre-pandemic levels by early next year as the economy recovers, although spare refining capacity could weigh on the outlook, producers and traders said at an industry conference on Monday.

The outlook is in line with a bullish forecast from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), but ahead of estimates from the International Energy Agency (IEA).