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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon7 K- D" {! s8 u% e( z0 F
2 x" G* `- w, y3 V, xby 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. 5 |9 {- O, i0 G& f9 ?
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' a; @$ C' f! [+ pOne 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.
7 t: E6 \" [. @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.
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/ j9 Y5 ?4 M9 E$ T4 T2 XThe 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.
. ?/ f$ u! u; [% D* u8 A: [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.
* r! c! `( ^* z8 V% T; wMeanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.
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U.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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