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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon
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/ \7 |) I; J3 a1 [; Hby Tom Randall
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; v! g4 ]# P& ^$ B7 ~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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One 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. . L1 \4 [( z; Y; w3 {* r) j6 H
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. ( V& g/ T( `. }* K) `' E
U.S. Oil Inventories Reach 80-Year High( \" ~5 a2 T A1 S" N2 t
L q5 o% |& H- H( ^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. 6 s7 S, q5 [3 f% p3 T* S
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.
; {- u+ f3 b- f" b' ~4 n* DMeanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972./ p, H! }' M1 C1 w8 }# [. [
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