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Oil prices drop sharply as weak demand bites
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LONDON (AFP) - - Oil prices fell sharply Monday on fresh fears the worst global slowdown in years will undercut energy demand, traders said.
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in February, dropped 2.21 dollars to 34.30 dollars a barrel. The February contract expires at the close on Tuesday to be replaced by the March contract.
In London, Brent North Sea crude for March slid 2.16 dollars to 44.41 dollars.
Analysts said that trading volumes were expected to be light with Wall Street markets shut Monday for a public holiday.
Underlying weak global demand for crude "remains a dominant factor" affecting the market, said David Moore, a commodity strategist for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in Sydney.
Sucden Financial Research analyst Nimit Khamar said the US holiday made for quiet trade, leaving the market "awaiting fresh news and even initiatives from the US as a new president and Congress come into office this week."
Last week, both the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel and the International Energy Agency, energy policy adviser to major industrialised countries, lowered their demand forecasts for this year.
OPEC, whose member nations together pump about 40 percent of world crude, would consider further cuts to oil production if prices continued to fall, Algerian Energy Minister Chakib Khelil said Saturday.
Another cartel member, Venezuela, said at the weekend that it was prepared to reduce its oil production in a bid to boost prices.
"Only when OPEC has implemented large-scale cuts will prices start to recover," Macquarie Research said in a report. It said the cuts would have to reach 3.0 to 3.5 million barrels per day, while prices should start to recover in the second half of this year.
During the first six months, prices should range between 40 and 50 dollars a barrel on the assumption that world oil consumption will fall and high stock levels would continue, Macquarie said.
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