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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon
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- Y v2 W/ |0 p& ^, r: gby Tom Randall
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0 a( r' [0 w. r) {( Q" [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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$ s6 L( P' {! K6 |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. 1 G+ h3 T* k) D8 L- L1 ?" V
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.
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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. " g$ q" _. B5 j
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.
! m9 F! j1 i% m+ \* h9 NMeanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.9 Z8 S: b2 c( K1 t
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U.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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