Crude oil holds above $87

The agency's annual World Energy Outlook said demand would rise 36 percent in the next 25 years, pushed largely by a growing domestic market in China.

China's own demand was expected to grow by 75 percent over the next quarter century. At that point, it would account for 22 percent of the world's energy demands, up from a current 17 percent.

In the same span, the price of a barrel of oil would nearly double from close to $60 per barrel in 2009 to $113 per barrel, the agency said.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, December delivery crude oil prices added 20 cents to $87.26. Heating oil prices added 0.63 cents to $2.404 per gallon. Reformulated gasoline blendstock gained 1.04 cents to $2.1889 per gallon. Natural gas gained 2.4 cents to $4.112 per million British thermal units.

At the pump, the national average price of unleaded gasoline rose to $2.857 per gallon from Monday's $2.854, AAA said.

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