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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon- n5 _7 o) P' L# D" L
5 J4 W* ] c0 j8 kby Tom Randall
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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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5 q+ t+ R1 m: _0 ~/ eOne 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. ( o; r% y8 b7 D
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. # f0 y( s `9 Z7 _- y1 }, k* y+ {) i1 T
U.S. Oil Inventories Reach 80-Year High- P& Z+ J c* `
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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. # A* L8 T5 q ^
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. 6 A7 G$ z7 C8 A3 n% r
Meanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.( d, J; T w# M- H6 M
; G# {3 @+ H4 B" UU.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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