The global crude-oil market will return to balance in the second half of this year as demand growth picks up and high-cost producers trim output amid lower prices, Abdalla El-Badri, OPEC secretary-general, said. Consumption in 2015 will increase by 1.2 million barrels a day after rising more slowly
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