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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon8 i/ G* H) Z" [* U" Q1 Z3 g
6 h/ I2 _" I) p+ _by Tom Randall' G" f8 l9 I9 J, d( q
/ E3 n0 K2 J1 i/ H2 E/ F4 ?Oil just had its first weekly decline in a month, breaking a rally in crude prices. A bit of context: After what's happened over the last year, "rally" seems a bit of an overstatement.
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$ J4 T+ Z: ^) K0 T! V- S2 _One big factor that may be driving prices down this week: The U.S. is pumping so much oil it's running out of places to stash it.
a) z- |, V" K% {8 u, CCrude oil in storage in the U.S. has jumped to the highest levels in at least 80 years, according to a Bloomberg Industries analysis. The EIA this week reported that U.S. inventories rose 7.7 million barrels to 425.6 million. That's more than 20 percent higher than the five-year average. & }8 U2 `( v. d1 g6 P W% I
U.S. Oil Inventories Reach 80-Year High
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The buildup of supply has been "colossal" and is responsible for oil prices falling this week, Thomas Finlon, director of Energy Analytics Group LLC, told Bloomberg News. 1 N, k W; L# y
Winter weather and refinery outages have contributed to the supply glut. Even when those conditions subside, topped-out inventories and continued production growth may continue to suppress oil prices for the near- and medium-term, according to Bloomberg Industries.
7 ~) T4 W7 J2 ]* b% hMeanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972./ m( F2 k: e3 z5 q5 `
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U.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA7 P( N" @4 T/ v7 V' B
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