the region's bigger consumers -- follow suit. Costlier fuel in Indonesia, courtesy of government price increases, has cut demand by a third and led the Asian country to delay gasoline imports. Signs of slower U.S. demand have led to forecasts of lower demand growth, with producer cartel OPEC revising down its 2005 outlook to 1.2 million bpd. It expects demand growth to recover to 1.5 million bpd next year. Further direction on supplies in the world's largest consumer should come from U.S. government data due on Wednesday. The data were forecast to show a 1.7 million-barrel build in crude stocks but a 1.8 million drop in distillate inventories, including heating oil.
