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Oil drops on lower demand forecasts despite deadlock in US-Iran talks

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Oil drops on lower demand forecasts despite deadlock in US-Iran talks

commercial crude oil inventories, which posted their largest weekly gain since ​January 2023 last week as exports slumped, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries lowered its world oil demand ​growth forecast for 2026 to 580,000 barrels per day in its monthly ​oil market report on Wednesday.

Attacks on shipping in the ​Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday, ​two crucial ⁠export routes for Middle Eastern oil and gas, highlight the risks that remain for crude supply from the region.

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