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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon- T9 O! A# ], ?& @1 Y; G
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by Tom Randall, j. D1 f* g5 l' b- ~/ }1 Z. D
# q: G9 E7 e7 {' v0 BOil 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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/ O* I4 K& v( k* o% z V$ HOne 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.
5 r! B# E) ]+ x# L) \+ a8 `# l) }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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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. & y' |1 \5 g4 F0 K
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. & V/ s& ?. X8 V! y* c
Meanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.
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1 p& H, \# t/ @3 q: pU.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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