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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon7 }# ?3 d( ?* p- X( A
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by Tom Randall
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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. + T! C* h7 q& r3 X U
Oil 'Rally'
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3 ~( Y# \0 u, i: Z h7 QOne 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.
: p. f T( |0 Z, r) ?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. 4 _! y6 d: V6 Q; l5 v( c
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.
# T4 _- t" B, u( T, [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.
# i3 }- k1 W2 @+ C* t* M7 F: `$ iMeanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972." B0 K+ }4 a3 E/ c# o$ t2 y8 G+ m" @
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U.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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