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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon6 y8 X# V3 S' @3 j# F
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by Tom Randall
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, d2 T8 q! J h7 QOil 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. 5 s6 f. ?) d9 R6 c! N2 O
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' |0 l4 n5 | `" S9 |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. 0 p7 T, L0 |6 @0 h+ ?9 g Z
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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+ T" l. G5 [3 s5 a' ~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. $ O( m: {1 F3 d) e5 z8 z. S
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.
2 l0 v7 b; Y6 K% f0 ?! w( uMeanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.
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- {+ j7 Z# K* I! w% tU.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA7 w3 h" g1 N' p6 ?8 V
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