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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon6 C7 N( C+ O9 B$ _ @, `# l4 O0 P
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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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/ @6 y( H+ p& A* |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.
8 t K4 J2 |7 _/ Y. s6 TCrude 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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$ M, m( i. Y$ @& X& r( ?8 Q9 T9 F, XThe 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.
2 D0 O: n- J8 i- f1 G/ z( c5 \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.
8 v1 D/ J1 [0 o# \3 f1 KMeanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.
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7 w9 L& ^3 b! v, {9 C% C0 GU.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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