Quarterly Oil Market Update – Q4 2018: (Oil price roller coaster)

Lower OPEC output and hopes of some progress over the US-China trade dispute have helped Brent prices recover to around $60 pb recently, although the outlook on oil demand remains subdued. According to latest OPEC forecasts, global oil demand will grow by 1.29 million barrels per day (mbpd) in 2019, the lowest rate of growth since 2013.