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Virus outbreak blamed for forecast fall in oil demand

| February 14, 2020 12:05 AM

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The International Energy Agency expects demand for oil to fall in the first quarter as a result of the virus outbreak that emanated in China. Any fall would represent the first quarterly decline in a decade.

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