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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon: m* [" r* l @8 N5 ? r. |
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by Tom Randall
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* \8 T1 v1 T/ Q- h% TOil 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 C2 ~/ a3 o( k" g
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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.
% P/ o* _; {, J, r9 XCrude 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 U! c7 K" T6 s% J2 rU.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.
' o0 z4 f% L1 M( _1 A4 ^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. + D4 A$ y4 k- y% D
Meanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.
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. @% Z! L2 T" ]3 p$ y r0 \U.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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