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Crude oil prices oil may fall next week amid recent increases in US oil supplies and rising oil output from OPEC member countries could all point the way to lower prices.

In a recent survey by Bloomberg, 15 of 36 analysts, or 42 percent, forecast that oil prices will decline through August 6th, with 12 respondents, or 33 percent, predicted that oil prices will rise, and 9, or 25 percent, forecast prices would be little changed.

Crude oil inventories climbed 7.31 million barrels to 360.8 million last week, a US Energy Department report showed. Crude oil imports increased 12 percent to 11.2 million barrels a day, the highest level since August 25th 2006. Imports in states along the Gulf of Mexico jumped to a record 7.21 million.

“Rising inventories and rising OPEC production point to an ongoing surplus and downward risk for prices,” said Tim Evans, an energy analyst at Citi Futures Perspective in New York.

OPEC oil output increased for the third time in four months in July, led by gains in Iraq, the one member not subject to a quota. OPEC production rose by 80,000 barrels, or 0.3 percent, to an average.

“There’s a fear of a slowdown in economic growth which will go on for the next few weeks,” said Gerrit Zambo, a trader at Bayerische Landesbank in Munich. “Investors are likely to be disappointed with the economic data and oil will come down a bit. It’s more likely to go below $70 than above $80.”

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OPEC output rises, US supplies may lead to lower oil price