• World liquid fuels consumption grew by an estimated 1.0 million bbl/d in 2011. EIA expects consumption growth of 0.8 million bbl/d in 2012 and 1.0 million bb/d in 2013, with China, Russia, the Middle East, Brazil, and other countries outside of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) accounting for most of the consumption growth. Although forecast liquid fuels consumption in the United States increases by 0.1 million bbl/d in 2013, total OECD liquid fuels consumption falls by 0.2 million bbd/d in 2013, led by declines in consumption in Europe and Japan.
• EIA expects non OPEC liquid fuels production to rise by 0.5 million bbl/d in 2012 and by a further 1.2 million bbl/d in 2013. The largest area of non-OPEC growth is North America, where production increases by 1.0 million bbl/d and 0.6 million bbl/d in 2012 and 2013, respectively, due to continued production growth from U.S. onshore shale and other tight oil formations and from Canadian oil sands. EIA expects that Kazakhstan will commence commercial production in the Kashagan field next year, increasing its total production by 160 thousand bbl/d in 2013. In Brazil, EIA projects output to rise by 200 thousand bbl/d in 2013, with increased output from its offshore, pre-salt oil fields. Forecast production also rises in Columbia, Russia, and China over the next two years, while production declines in Mexico and the North Sea.
• EIA expects that OPEC member countries will continue to produce more than 30 million bbl/d of crude oil over the next two years. Projected OPEC crude oil production increases by about 1.0 million bbl/d in 2012 and 0.1 million bbl/day 2013. The growth in OPEC supply is due in part to Iraq, where new infrastructure has enabled the country to increase production to the highest level since 1989. Following a disruption in early July, Libya restored oil production and exports to about 1.5 million bbl/d in August. OPEC non-crude oil liquids (condensates, natural gas liquids, and gas-to-liquids), which are not covered by OPEC's production quotas, averaged 5.3 million bbl/d in 2011. EIA forecasts that non-crude oil liquids will increase by 0.3 million bbl/d in 2012 and by 0.2 million bbl/d in 2013.
• EIA's forecast of Iranian crude oil production is unchanged from last month's Outlook, with forecast production falling by about 1 million bbl/d by the end of 2012 relative to an estimated output level of 3.6 million bbl/d at the end of 2011, and by an additional 0.2 million bbl/d in 2013.
• EIA estimates that OECD commercial liquid fuel inventories ended 2011 at 2.60 billion barrels, equivalent to 56 days of forward cover. OECD stocks at the end of August 2012 are estimated to be about 22 million barrels higher than at the end of 2011, but are projected to fall back to 2.60 billion barrels by the end of 2012. OECD commercial inventories increase to 2.65 billion barrels and 57 days of forward cover by the end of 2013.
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