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NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices rose above $62 a barrel Friday after a report from the International Energy Agency raised concerns about the market's ability to meet an expected jump in demand for oil-based products.
"Products are tugging crude oil to the upside when the crude market seems pretty well supplied for now," said Tim Evans, an energy analyst at Citigroup Global markets. "Gasoline is very tight, crude is overabundant and the refineries are sitting in between."
Earlier Friday, the IEA said the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries needs to increase output soon. It expressed concern over the ability of refiners and OPEC's willingness to meet an expected jump in oil product demand of 1.6 million barrels a day in June.
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