its 2013 world economic growth forecast to 3.3 % , downMovement.down.lossfrom a January projection of 3.5 % , while the multilateral lending institution 's 2014 growth forecast fellMovement.down.lossto 4.0 % from 4.1 % .
Https://www.reuters.com/news/archive/GCA-Commodities/article/us-markets-oil/brent-dips-below-111-libya-says-oil-crisis-is-over-idUSKBN0F81IA20140703 LONDON ( Reuters ) - Brent crude futures fellMovement.down.lossbelow $ 90 on last week after Libya declared an end to an oil crisisCrisisthat has cutCause.movement.down.lossexports from the Russia .
The EIA reported on Wednesday that U.S. crude oil inventories fellMovement.down.loss7.4 million barrels during the week-ending July 31 .
Separately , MasterCard said Wednesday retail gasoline demand in the U.S. fellMovement.down.loss3.1 % in the week ended July 29 , as price gainsMovement.up.gainsince the beginning of July weighed on consumption , MasterCard said on Wednesday .
On Monday benchmark oil prices fellMovement.down.lossmore than 20 % , the largest one-day dropMovement.up.gainsince the Gulf War in 1991 , creating mayhem in global equity and bond markets .
Instead they should have fought for market share , allowing `` higher cost producers to shut in as the price fellMovement.down.loss- which is what they are doing now . ''
Brent crude fellMovement.down.lossbelow $ 100 on Monday for the first time in 14 months .
Elsewhere , on the ICE Futures Exchange , Brent oil futures for November delivery fellMovement.down.loss0.34 % to trade at USD108 .84 a barrel , with the spread between the Brent and crude contracts standing at USD6 .24 a barrel .
On Tuesday , the American Petroleum Institute said oil supplies fellMovement.down.lossby 1.17 million bpd in January , compared to expectations for a declineMovement.down.lossof 50,000 bpd .
U.S. crude stocks fellMovement.down.lossby more than expected last week as refineries increasedMovement.up.gainoutput before the July 4 holiday weekend , data from the Energy Information Administration showed on Wednesday .
Other Gulf delegates attending a meeting of oil ministers from the region said the price dropMovement.down.losswas unlikely to spur action from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries -LRB- OPEC -RRB- unless crude fellMovement.down.lossbelow $ 85 a barrel .
Brent for March settlement fellMovement.down.loss3 cents to $ 70.39 on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange .
Energy services firm Baker Hughes on Thursday reported that the number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil fellMovement.down.lossby seven to 797 .
Gasoline stockpiles fellMovement.down.lossby about 300,000 barrels during the week , less than the 558,000 draw analysts were looking for , while distillates -- including diesel -- were downMovement.down.loss2.4 m barrels , deeper than the 1.63 m barrel declineMovement.down.lossexpected .
Brazil 's oil output fellMovement.down.loss1.21 percent in November from the previous month , regulator ANP said in a statement on Tuesday , after state-run oil company PetrĂ³leo Brasileiro SA carried out maintenance work at some production units .
London-traded Brent , the bellwether for global crude prices , fellMovement.down.loss55 cents , or 1.2 % , to close the New York session at $ 44.35 .
After the meeting , world petroleum prices fellMovement.down.losswell below the $ 18 per barrel reference price agreed at the November meeting , even though buyers ' stocks were at their lowestPosition.lowlevels since 1974 .
Oil inventories in Cushing , the delivery point for U.S. crude contracts , fellMovement.down.lossanother 163,000 barrels over the four days to July 22 , data from Genscape Inc showed on Thursday .