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Chinese state-owned group. A recent meeting of the national oil companies in Beijing had
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predicted oil prices would fall to about $40 a barrel, Fu Chengyu, chief executive of China National
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everybody realized the oil price would be even lower,” Mr Fu told the Global China Business
meeting. “Nobody knew where it would be but most of them said around $40.” Mr Fu said that If you are currently under
about 27 companies from 23 countries attended the meeting in Beijing, which he said was on contract and would like
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they don’t have enough cash to do all of those that they budgeted.” Mr Fu also said that any cut in
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IEA Cuts 2009 Global Oil Demand on Slowing Economy
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demand forecast for 2009 because of the world economic slowdown. The Paris-based agency
reduced its demand forecast by 170,000 barrels a day from its November estimate to 86.37 If you are currently under
million barrels a day, analyst David Martin said in a phone interview today as the agency contract and would like
issued an update to its July’s Medium-Term Oil Market report. The forecast for 2013 demand notification of natural gas or
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estimate of 94.14 million barrels a day, Martin said. Consumers have cut spending amid a to receive future prices.
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lower demand delays projects. That cuts 825,000 barrels a day from refinery capacity in
2013, now forecast to rise 7.98 million barrels a day in the next five years. These large-scale
projects “can no longer realistically be completed within the time frame,” the IEA said. The MCPE AVERAGE
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Crude Oil Rises as OPEC Members Prepare to Reduce Production
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said OPEC will reduce production by at least 1 million barrels a day in an effort to stem a contract and would like
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Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said today. Crude has tumbled 70 percent from a
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2 million barrels a day cut, is going to help, but what helps the psychology is that Russia has
also announced they may join in.” Crude oil for January delivery rose as much as 96 cents, or
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2.2 percent, to $45.47 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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