Oil prices recover in Asia

Singapore - Oil prices recovered in Asian trade on Thursday following a drop triggered by fresh economic data that highlighted global growth concerns, analysts said.

New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in July added a cent to $93.14 a barrel and Brent North Sea crude for July delivery increased 15c to $102.58 in mid-morning trade.

Both contracts closed almost $2 lower on Wednesday after the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, which groups industrial economies, trimmed its forecast for 2013 world economic growth from 3.4 to to 3.1%.

"Prices have ticked up a little bit. What we are seeing is normal trading in a market where everyone is trying to manage their risks," said Shailaja Nair, associate editorial director for Asia at energy market information provider Platts.

Sanjeev Gupta, who heads the Asia-Pacific oil and gas practice at Ernst and Young, said that an "uncertain economic outlook" continues to affect oil futures.

"European prospects remain as muddled as ever and Chinese growth forecasts were pared back slightly," he added.

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday trimmed its 2013 growth estimate for China to around 7.75% from 8%, citing a sluggish global r