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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon
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5 n& k0 B7 j* R; d$ E1 m, x" Uby Tom Randall
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* B8 Y3 t( F$ Q3 GOil 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. Z+ u) ]0 }# M9 f7 y
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. : o3 \7 R0 U3 S0 f; q9 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.
- }6 M u- Z( ~; G4 D, QU.S. Oil Inventories Reach 80-Year High
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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. 8 D) \! S6 Q# n0 U
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. % o4 m8 `- D9 F! B. c8 n- o& Q
Meanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.
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+ `4 c# a5 I1 U$ QU.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA6 i0 A5 ~. ^( _7 ~2 n F# `
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