* U.S. crude inventories fell 2 mln barrels last week -poll
* IEA monthly expects global oil demand growth to slow
* Coming Up: American Petroleum Institute at 2030 GMT
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(Updates prices, adds details, previous dateline SINGAPORE)
By David Sheppard
LONDON, July 13 (Reuters) - Oil reversed early losses on
Tuesday to rise above $75 a barrel as optimism about the
economic recovery offset a report predicting oil demand growth
will slow next year, leaving the market well supplied.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said global oil demand
growth is expected to be more than 400,000 barrels per day (bpd)
lower in 2011 than last year at 1.35 million bpd.[]
"The key element is the gradual scaling back of economic
stimulus programmes which we are assuming takes place over the
next 12-15 months," David Fyfe, head of the IEA's Oil Industry
and Markets Division, told Reuters Insider TV.
"That's taking a little of the post-recessionary froth out
of the market."
Demand for crude from the Organization of the Petroleum
Exporting Countries is expected to rise by just 400,000 bpd next
year to 29.2 million bpd, the IEA said, leaving the producer
group pumping well below capacity.
"In short, markets in 2011 may prove 'not too hot, not too
cold,'" the IEA said in its first demand projection for next
year.
For 2010, the agency, which advises 28 industrialised
countries, raised its forecast by 80,000 bpd to 1.77 million
bpd.
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At 0942 GMT, U.S. crude for August delivery <CLc1> was up 36
cents at $75.31 a barrel, having touched an earlier low of
$74.25. Prices have fallen from a 19-month peak above $87 a
barrel in early May as concerns about the pace of economic
recovery have risen.
Brent crude oil for August delivery <LCOc1> was up 58 cents
at $74.95 a barrel.
RECOVERY
Rising European equity markets supported prices, with many
traders focused on companies' financial results as they try to
gauge the strength of the recovery and its eventual impact on
oil demand. []
Alcoa, the largest U.S. producer of aluminium -- one of the
most energy intensive industrial metals to make -- lifted its
outlook for global consumption of the metal and posted
surprisingly strong quarterly results, raising optimism others
will follow suit.
The U.S. results season officially started on Monday, with
the focus now on quarterly reports from JPMorgan <JPM.N> on
Thursday and General Electric <GE.N> on Friday.
Shares in energy company BP <BP.L> were up almost 3 percent
at one stage on Tuesday as it prepared to try sealing off its
runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico with a new cap.
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Prices were also supported by signs of bulging inventories in
the world's largest energy consumer may have fallen last week.
U.S. crude stockpiles are predicted to have dropped by 2
million barrels in the week to July 9, a Reuters survey showed,
after tumbling 5 million barrels a week earlier because of
shutdowns and shipping disruptions related to Hurricane Alex.
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U.S. distillate inventories probably rose by 700,000
barrels, the survey showed, while gasoline stocks are expected
to have risen by about 300,000 barrels.
The industry group American Petroleum Institute will release
its weekly inventory report on Tuesday at 2030 GMT, followed by
government statistics from the Energy Information Administration
on Wednesday at 1430 GMT.
(Additional reporting by Alejandro Barbajosa; editing by Sue
Thomas)
