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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon
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4 L V9 e0 ~ `" r" Nby Tom Randall3 n0 X( [) r4 T# l
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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. 5 n& ~) F, C# c
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( S6 U, O' m4 d: \1 q0 Y% MOne 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.
+ W0 j2 e9 x, J" v" _* W7 ECrude 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.
2 C8 i6 Y# S. O- c7 GU.S. Oil Inventories Reach 80-Year High. b/ e, L. R1 T( Q. u$ ~5 i8 p
* n4 q9 N6 l! C! h+ t! `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. ' r9 t7 U1 M) v' H, i
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.
4 t, S7 D( v! q0 N9 {Meanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.
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% Q% s* w! s- @3 l. O S1 C4 {U.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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