Oil Falls To Near $93

Bangkok, April 13, IRNA - Oil fell to near $93 a barrel on Friday, dragged down by a combination of lukewarm forecasts for demand and sufficient supplies. Benchmark oil for May delivery was down 33 cents to $93.18 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, AP reported. The contract dropped $1.13 to finish at $93.51 a barrel on Thursday after the International Energy Agency lowered its forecast for global oil demand in 2013 by 45,000 barrels to 90.6 million barrels a day. Its predictions were similar to those made earlier this week by OPEC and the US Energy Department. Brent crude, which sets the price of crude used by many US refineries to make gasoline, rose 2 cents to $104.40 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London. Brent has dropped about 12 percent in the past two months amid Europeˈs ongoing financial crisis, increased supplies and tepid forecasts for demand./end