The London ICE (InterContinental Exchange Futures) saw the Brent crude oil rose $0.19 to trade at $82.71, while the price of the Light crude oil at the NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange) increased $0.17 to stand at $78.43.
Brent crude futures gained 20 cents, or 0.2%, to $82.72 a barrel by 0918 GMT. U.S. WTI crude futures climbed 21 cents, or 0.3%, to $78.47.
The IEA raised its oil demand growth forecasts for this year and next despite an expected slowdown in economic growth in nearly all major economies.
Wildcat Petroleum plc (LON:WCAT) was incorporated in early 2020, with plans to work and invest in the upstream sector of the petroleum industry – namely exploration, appraisal, development and production of oil and gas.