Demand for OPEC crude in 2017 was revised up by 0.2 mb/d from the previous month. Within the quarters, the first and the second quarters were revised up by 0.4 mb/d and 0.2 mb/d, respectively, while both the third and fourth quarters were revised up by 0.1 mb/d. The demand for OPEC crude this year is projected to increase by 0.7 mb/d to average 32.4 mb/d. Comparing to the same quarters of last year, the first and second quarters are expected to increase by 1.4 mb/d and 0.3 mb/d, respectively, while the third and the fourth quarters are projected to increase by 0.4 mb/d and 0.7 mb/d, respectively.