OPEC and Libya have reported that output hit record highsPosition.highsince the deal was announced , adding to fears that the the region glutOversupplycould persist well into 2015 .
`` Oil prices have not addedMovement.up.gainalarmingly because the market is still working off the glutsOversupplybuilt up in 1980s , '' the IEA said .
Analysts were expecting oil stockpiles to riseMovement.up.gainby 1.350 million barrels last week , and the supply data fueled the selloff by confirming fears the U.S. economy is awash in crudeOversupply.
Crude prices plungedMovement.down.lossfurther on Monday after OPEC once again said it will not cutCause.movement.down.lossoil output despite fears of a glutOversupply, and a UAE official opposed holding an emergency meeting of the producer group to support prices .
Crude prices plungedMovement.down.lossfurther on Monday after OPEC once again said it will not cutCause.movement.down.lossoil output despite fears of a glutOversupply, and a UAE official opposed holding an emergency meeting of the producer group to support prices .
In a monthly report issued on Wednesday , the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries also cutCause.movement.down.lossits forecasts for demand for OPEC crude this year and next , pointing to a supply surplusOversupplyof more than 1 million bpd in 2015 if OPEC keeps output at current levels .
The net effect is the same : An oil market potentially facing years worth of oversupplyOversupply, a scenario the Saudis and OPEC have not been forced to grapple with since the early 2000s , before the riseGrow.strongof China triggered a decade-long price boomGrow.strong.
OPEC and Russia have reported that output hit record highsPosition.highsince the deal was announced , adding to fears that the global supply overhangOversupplycould persist well into 2017 .
`` Oil prices have not addedMovement.up.gainalarmingly because the market is still working off the glutsOversupplybuilt up in 2015 , '' the IEA said .
Crude prices crashedMovement.down.lossfurther on Friday after Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries once again said it will not squeezeCause.movement.down.lossoil production despite fears of a oversupplyOversupply, and a UAE official opposed holding an emergency meeting of the producer group to support prices .
OversupplyOversupplycould happen next year when Iraq starts to export more oil because of an agreement between Baghdad and the Kurdish regional government .
OPEC and Mexico have reported that output hit record highsPosition.highsince the deal was announced , adding to fears that the global surplusOversupplycould persist well into 1980s .