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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon- T9 R" ^) W3 F5 z) l; m
^0 v+ i& o% S% @( e! s& Vby Tom Randall- n" O0 a( H" a) Q
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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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; u+ T: b$ n$ yOne 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.
: u0 O$ q& B5 kCrude 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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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. 9 ~& A, Y+ e8 b6 v6 G' ` m) E
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.
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. U+ t1 J0 c+ XU.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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