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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon
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by Tom Randall
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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. 4 H: C2 h) s4 F$ B1 h4 Z
Oil 'Rally'
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G: Q. ]! M4 TOne 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.
! S. U2 l6 R, k! h, d; DCrude 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. 7 @& n$ v1 Z. q! T" ?( b
U.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. 5 `( M0 H0 @! d* y0 T$ o
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. . j1 C$ b7 x( o& `7 }0 a
Meanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.
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9 c. ^* \8 H) |4 |$ ]: VU.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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