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PostSubject: China's oil demand increase 'astonishing', says IEA   China's oil demand increase 'astonishing', says IEA Icon_minitimeFri Mar 12, 2010 4:18 pm

China's demand for oil jumped by an "astonishing" 28% in January compared with the same month a year earlier, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says.

The body added that demand for oil in 2010 would be underpinned by rising demand from emerging markets, with half of all growth coming from Asia.

But the IEA predicted demand in developed countries would fall by 0.3%.

The IEA has increased its global oil demand forecast for 2010 by 1.8% to 86.6 million barrels a day.

Oil prices were above $83 a barrel earlier today, the highest in two months, but dropped back to closer to $80 in late afternoon trading.

The IEA said the high price level was due to "heightening of geopolitical tensions affecting some producing countries", but that this had been balanced by "ample physical oil supplies".

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