oil futures were flat to slightly lower friday headed for a monthly gain but another round of quarterly losses as june comes to a close with crude prices remaining shadowed by worries over the economic outlook   west texas intermediate crude for august delivery cl00 cl1 clq23 was off 14 cents or 02 at 6972 a barrel on the new york mercantile exchange   august brent crude brnq23 the global benchmark was flat at 7434 a barrel on ice futures europe september brent brn00 brnu23 the most actively traded contract fell 6 cents or 01 to 7445 a barrel   back on nymex july gasoline fell 06 to 2603 a gallon while july heating oil rose 11 to 2441 a gallon oil futures were headed for monthly gains but wti was set for a second consecutive quarterly decline off 77 through thursday’s close and brent was headed for a fourth straight quarterly loss down 68 fears of a us recession have faded in response to a continued stream of upbeat economic data but analysts said pessimism continues to hang over the oil market us data due next week includes readings from purchasing managers and the june jobs report but the figures are unlikely to dispel the widespread gloom said barbara lambrecht commodity analyst at commerzbank in a note “after all even if sentiment were to have brightened in the manufacturing and service sectors market participants would only interpret this as meaning that the fed will have room to step on the brakes to a greater extent” she wrote “in turn this would result in oil demand weakening admittedly not in the short term but with an increased probability in the medium term”