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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon
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1 O3 h2 g) R8 cby Tom Randall
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3 D e$ D3 e3 B- q% w; {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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3 s) Y ]0 S) G: KOne 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.
. E& U1 X- W" s9 T; 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. + p6 D; U+ j1 E u
U.S. Oil Inventories Reach 80-Year High
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- e2 S8 O7 V0 Z9 [' |( _, I3 OThe 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.
% ~9 I8 I$ c! J* uWinter 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. : ~0 M( e$ x# x2 ^3 |$ H5 c6 E# C) P
Meanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.
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+ Y8 u( I: A1 ^+ j0 [U.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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