Quarterly Oil Market Update – Q3 2019: (Oil Demand Growth Continues to Decline)

OPEC cut its 2019 oil demand growth projections by 4 percent month-on-month, to just under 1 million barrels per day (mbpd) in its most recent monthly oil report, with 2020 growth forecasted at 1.08 mbpd. According to OPEC, the downwardly revised forecast is reflective of a deteriorating outlook on the global economy.