Crude oil futures fell in Asian trading on Monday after the International Energy Agency cut its forecast for global crude demand.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in December traded at USD91.47 a barrel on Monday, down 0.88%, off from a session high of USD91.45 and up from an earlier session low of USD91.49.
The International Energy Agency trimmed its forecasts for 2012 and 2013 oil demand by 100,000 barrels a day for each year from forecasts made in September.
The news sent oil prices falling on concerns a cooling global economy will need less fuels and energy to operate.
Uncertainty over Spain's intentions to request a bailout kept oil lower as well.
Ongoing Middle East tensions bolstered the commodity though bears outnumbered the bulls during the session.
On the ICE Futures Exchange, Brent oil futures for December delivery were down 0.53% and trading at USD112.97 a barrel, up USD21.50 from its U.S. counterpart.