VOL. XLIII

No. 08

21-February-2000

OPEC

IEA Charts Stockdraw Acceleration And Warns Of Spot Outages And Increased Price Volatility

The fourth quarter reduction in OECD crude and products inventories by 1.7mn b/d was the largest fourth quarter stockdraw of the 1990s, and unless producers increase their output, the first quarter 2000 stockdraw will be larger still, potentially triggering a worldwide scramble to secure oil supplies, according to the International Energy Agency(IEA).

In the latest...