According to RIA Novosti, referring to the OPEC report, the organization expects an increase in demand by 5.7 million barrels per day in 2021 and by 4.2 million barrels per day in 2022.
"The forecast for world oil demand growth in 2021 does not change after the previous forecast - 5.7 million barrels per day ... The forecast for world oil demand growth in 2022 also remains unchanged at 4.2 million barrels per day." , - says the forecast.
It is assumed that global oil consumption next year will be 100.8 million barrels per day, and this year - 96.6 million barrels per day.
Earlier, the director of the Energy Development Fund Sergei Pikin, in an interview with the PolitExpert publication, gave a forecast regarding oil prices amid the pandemic, including the identification of a new strain of the omicron coronavirus.