SINGAPORE/LONDON ( Reuters ) - Energy markets are being battered across the board as negative data fuels worries Negative_sentiment that consumption of oil , natural gas and coal will be decreased Movement.down.loss by a global economic weakness Slow.weak .

Europe , where roughly half of cars are fueled by diesel , joins the United States , China and Korea which saw demand growth weakness Slow.weak for a second consecutive quarter in January-March , according to the IEA .

`` Fear of global economic growth weakness Slow.weak ( is ) afflicting the entire energy complex with fears Negative_sentiment that consumption will be tight Slow.weak this year , '' Peter Kiernan , lead energy analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit ( EIU ) , said .

LONDON ( Reuters ) - Russian use for diesel is expected to have hit hard Movement.down.loss in 2015 for the first quarterly collapse Movement.down.loss in nearly two years , the International Energy Agency reported on Thursday , the latest sign of weakness Slow.weak in the fuel market .

SINGAPORE/LONDON ( Reuters ) - Energy markets are being battered across the board as negative data fuels worries Negative_sentiment that use of energy , natural gas and coal will be halved Movement.down.loss by a domestic economic weakness Slow.weak .

Crude oil futures rose Movement.up.gain on Tuesday on signs of falling Movement.down.loss U.S. oil production , weakness Slow.weak in the dollar and tensions Geopolitical.tension in the Middle East , particularly Yemen .