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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon
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% ~- U5 E* Z2 G# c% i) @. @by Tom Randall8 j% W7 w% U- I# [( v8 l8 z) n
# n% H. {7 { @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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/ v6 X( m2 k4 COne 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.
4 b5 w, L* t/ U4 u$ u0 iCrude 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.
0 C( ~- ?# l0 X, ~$ U) N, YU.S. Oil Inventories Reach 80-Year High4 s3 w) l! F' J8 I# G1 ~- ]* m, u
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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. 8 @$ U; B2 o g. l6 v2 x
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.
) S8 y1 m) j( t0 m& [: [Meanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.
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# @. Y' U2 f7 D. S0 S: m hU.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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