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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon7 ~3 K9 s2 e: A, S C
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by Tom Randall
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- w4 J- ^7 Q: s& c" S: iOil 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.
7 e9 q0 S. U: w. }Oil 'Rally'
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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.
. h- L, m8 {4 Y9 Q7 D0 gCrude 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. / @1 O2 P. q. e, t" u
U.S. Oil Inventories Reach 80-Year High1 s# }2 Q) u% b" X! E' P8 S
4 K$ A3 {1 H$ R9 K. mThe 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.
/ z. E& `& j5 @7 w& Z; z/ N. X [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.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA5 }" y" ]# W5 z5 s p6 x3 N# q
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