(Reuters) - Global oil consumption is set to return to pre-pandemic levels by the first quarter of 2022, driven by a strong expansion in global manufacturing and freight transport as well as the gradual re-opening of major economies. Booming consumption from miners, manufacturers, shipping and trucking firms, as well as private motorists, is expected to offset the continued loss of jet fuel consumption from quarantine restrictions on passenger aviation. Global liquids consumption (including biofuels) is forecast to reach 100.6 million barrels per day (bpd) in March 2022, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). For the first time since the onset of the epidemic, consumption will surpass the level for the corresponding month in 2019 ("Short-term energy outlook", EIA, June 8).