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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon
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3 v8 }& p" E% `by Tom Randall
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! }( A/ {' e3 TOil 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.
' M2 i; E; s9 E* OOil 'Rally'
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A( p4 x: S1 @) \) O9 {7 uOne 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.
* O6 p) Q M0 i2 D' YCrude 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. & \% n6 A7 G" b f0 u9 @
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. / d) x+ [* N1 p6 R! g9 ^
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. p! K0 b- `8 V5 e" }" T, k4 M
Meanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.6 ~) E1 t7 L& e; m( P' d
- Y3 u" x B) R: c4 IU.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA3 I3 O+ p4 g7 w% a$ v
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