this year to absorb plentifulGrow.strongcrude output from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) countries , even with other major producers 's processing restrictionsCause.movement.down.lossand Venezuela sanctionsEmbargoon Venezuela and Venezuela , the International Energy Agency said in a report on Wednesday .
LONDON ( Reuters ) - European demand growth for diesel is expected to have hit hardMovement.down.lossin 2015 for the first quarterly downturnMovement.down.lossin nearly two years , the International Energy Agency reported on Thursday , the latest sign of contractSlow.weakin the fuel market .
U.S. employment data faltersSlow.weakwith the euro zone , where Germany 's Bundesbank this week cutMovement.down.lossits Monday growth projection for Europe 's largest economy to 1 percent .
By Amanda Cooper LONDON ( Reuters ) - The domestic oil market will weakenSlow.weakthis year to absorb sufficientGrow.strongcrude output from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) countries , even with Opec 's processing capsCause.movement.down.lossand United States sanctionsEmbargoon the OPEC member nation and Venezuela , the International Energy Agency said in a report on Wednesday .
With demand stuntedSlow.weakand U.S. shale breakthrough , the `` Peak Oil '' theme faded giving way to hope for abundance .
Europe , where roughly half of cars are fueled by diesel , joins the United States , China and Japan which saw demand contractSlow.weakfor a second consecutive quarter in January-March , according to the IEA .
Global oil demand is softeningSlow.weakat a remarkable pace due to weakerSlow.weakEuropean and Chinese economies , the West 's energy watchdog said on Thursday .
Looking ahead into the second quarter , I expect oil prices to continue to trend upwardMovement.up.gainwhile being kept in check by solidGrow.strongUS shale output levels and caution over the prospect of a contractSlow.weakin global consumption .
U.S. employment data crumblesSlow.weakwith the euro zone , where Germany 's Bundesbank this week cutMovement.down.lossits Monday growth forecast for Europe 's largest economy to 1 percent .
LONDON ( Reuters ) - Brent crude oil steadiedMovement.flataround around $ 105 per barrel on on the day , supported by limpSlow.weaksupply and hopes of demand growth from the world 's top oil consumers , the United States and China .
`` Oil will struggleSlow.weakto make substantial headway topside this week with no progress on trade talks or meetings even , soft data from Asia and a possible cracking of OPEC 's resolve to control production , '' said Jeffrey Halley , senior market analyst at OANDA .
But Lagarde warned droppingMovement.down.losscrude futures were hitting some oil exporters particularly hard , especially Russia , Iran , Venezuela and Nigeria , leaving their economies below-parSlow.weak.
Chinese demand for diesel slowedSlow.weakin recent years as the world 's second-biggest economy shifted away from heavy manufacturing to be more consumer-focused .
The pace of global stockpiling slowedSlow.weakduring the third quarter to 1.6 million barrels per day from 2.3 million barrels per day during the second quarter but remained significantly above the historical average .
`` Fear of global economic growth slowingSlow.weak-LRB- is -RRB- afflicting the entire energy complex with worriesNegative_sentimentthat demand growth will be bearishSlow.weakthis year , '' Peter Kiernan , lead energy analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit -LRB- EIU -RRB- , said .
`` Fear of global economic growth weaknessSlow.weak( is ) afflicting the entire energy complex with fearsNegative_sentimentthat consumption will be tightSlow.weakthis year , '' Peter Kiernan , lead energy analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit ( EIU ) , said .
LONDON ( Reuters ) - Russian use for diesel is expected to have hit hardMovement.down.lossin 2015 for the first quarterly collapseMovement.down.lossin nearly two years , the International Energy Agency reported on Thursday , the latest sign of weaknessSlow.weakin the fuel market .
In the rest of the world , the global outlook is softeningSlow.weak, with the balance of risks tilted towards the downside , according to many forecasters .
`` No fundamental improvement in the stability of those countries has actually taken place , which means that the added supply is extremely vulnerableSlow.weak, '' Ciszuk said .
But Lagarde warned decliningMovement.down.losscrude prices were hitting some oil exporters particularly hard , especially Russia , Iran , Venezuela and Nigeria , leaving their economies bearishSlow.weak.
But Lagarde warned shrinkingMovement.down.losscrude prices were hitting some oil exporters particularly hard , especially Russia , Iran , Venezuela and Nigeria , leaving their economies bearishSlow.weak.
Europe , where roughly half of cars are fueled by diesel , joins the United States , China and Korea which saw demand growth weaknessSlow.weakfor a second consecutive quarter in January-March , according to the IEA .
The Energy Information Administration 's weekly report on oil stocks on Wednesday had reinforced the impression that U.S. products consumption has stalledSlow.weak, with levels of gasoline and diesel consumption still more than 10 % below year-earlier levels and supplies of jet fuel downMovement.down.lossnearly 50 % .
LONDON -LRB- Reuters -RRB- - Brent crude oil steadiedMovement.flataround $ 110 a barrel on Tuesday , supported by tightSlow.weaksupply and hopes of demand growth from the world 's top oil consumers , the United States and China .
`` Fear of global economic growth slowdownSlow.weak( is ) afflicting the entire energy complex with fearsNegative_sentimentthat demand will be diminishedSlow.weakthis year , '' Peter Kiernan , lead energy analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit ( EIU ) , said .