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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon
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+ B& W2 X. \7 B: Xby Tom Randall1 P0 w4 K4 R, e# j! u
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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.
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# L; U+ u" B5 x1 XOne 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.
8 G$ \* ^3 V+ B% o6 T ?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. 7 \6 g$ A4 g$ `! \# e; N
U.S. Oil Inventories Reach 80-Year High" [1 m# b5 y' `% d" s
/ h6 ?4 {4 ~" a/ d! H7 eThe 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.
2 G" @8 ~) `" B) n3 q, GWinter 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.
7 E! d8 `8 H, ]2 |7 ^Meanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.$ n! u) J$ P/ l- P' y9 o
" k# j$ G# ]4 f/ M; YU.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA: t+ B: S* v+ S H0 @0 B
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