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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon" _6 @/ M5 L' c/ A D* |9 A
5 _4 k- {) A! L o$ l( }by Tom Randall+ S( T# @/ c. l0 A$ F- c
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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. , S' y! G5 k* }: A8 }% z9 W( ~
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! N7 Y: w. S2 \* P `- uOne 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. . f7 [, R4 o5 \9 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. : k! R3 N8 U5 w, I/ R2 s# p5 @- r+ i( Y
U.S. Oil Inventories Reach 80-Year High1 Q6 ~; f( ^6 Y7 i. Q5 \2 L
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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. + u1 y) |1 D* T) n R' f4 m
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. 5 Z7 I* y! y Q% L* e
Meanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.' {1 ?; A+ g3 Y
: T+ `1 N" E( ^: ?9 o% m8 f4 H+ AU.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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