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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon5 a1 t5 E1 f7 W
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by Tom Randall
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3 Y! w) {3 B8 \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. 0 m; B# {/ E @2 s! y; v
Oil 'Rally'9 e& b i) D7 O
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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. % L" v" S3 A6 c* U" n: m
Crude 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. $ @% S1 l Y, P- ^; F2 W3 l
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. " {0 ?# @! k% Y4 d% O) O: n7 ]
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. : ]4 Q5 f9 A9 R: |
Meanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.' h. N- q9 l# L" `& ~/ a7 Z5 v4 n& }) e" }
0 ^0 z) e; P9 G5 O- E( `U.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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