Oil prices extended gains on Thursday, as investors digested the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest oil market report, in which it made an upward revision to demand growth forecasts and cut its projection for non-OPEC supply in 2024.
Brent crude futures for May rose 72 cents, or 0.86%, to $84.75 a barrel by 1021 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for April was up 83 cents, or 1.04%, at $80.55.
The IEA forecast first-quarter global demand growth to rise a higher than previously expected 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) because of an improved U.S. outlook and firmer bunkering demand owing to longer voyages to avoid the Red Sea.
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.