IEA’s Birol: Oil demand growth to remain weak, keeping a check on prices

Further comments are crossing the wires from the International Energy Agency (IEA) Chief Fatih Birol, with the key quotes found below.

We are expecting a demand growth of slightly higher than 1 million barrels per day.

Growth could remain weak, compared with historical levels.

Non-OPEC production is very strong.

We still expect production coming from, not just United States, but also Norway, Canada, Guyana, among other countries.

We see prices remain at $65 a barrel.

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