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Table 1.6<br />

Medium-term Reference Case oil demand outlook mb/d<br />

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015<br />

North America 23.9 24.1 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.1<br />

Western Europe 14.5 14.4 14.3 14.3 14.3 14.2<br />

OECD Pacific 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7<br />

OECD 46.1 46.2 46.2 46.3 46.2 46.0<br />

Latin America 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7<br />

Middle East & Africa 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.7<br />

South Asia 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8<br />

Southeast Asia 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.7 6.8<br />

China 8.9 9.6 10.1 10.6 11.1 11.6<br />

OPEC 8.1 8.3 8.6 8.8 9.0 9.2<br />

Developing countries 35.9 37.1 38.3 39.4 40.6 41.8<br />

Russia 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3<br />

Other transition economies 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9<br />

Transition economies 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.1<br />

World 86.8 88.2 89.5 90.7 91.8 92.9<br />

Over the period 2010–2015, OECD oil demand is essentially flat, having<br />

peaked in 2005. With transition economies registering only a minor increase, the<br />

medium-term rise of 6.1 mb/d over the years 2010–2015 comes mainly from developing<br />

countries, with 4 mb/d of this occurring in developing Asia. By 2015, non-OECD<br />

oil demand will be greater than OECD oil demand for the first time.<br />

Figure 1.15 summarizes the revisions to demand levels in 2015, compared to<br />

the WOO 2010. Higher expectations are registered for all OECD regions. 32 In developing<br />

countries the main revisions have been for China and Latin America, mainly<br />

because of stronger than expected growth in 2010.<br />

Oil demand in the long-term<br />

While the central driver for medium-term oil demand is the economy, which is<br />

therefore the biggest source of uncertainty in this timeframe, in the long-term,<br />

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