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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon/ V# Y6 y- e* X) {
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by Tom Randall- S! M" n+ c1 B* n) g
- `: D- W1 q, p$ t( g# Q3 R" aOil 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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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.
- {( I% B) v: D! {# ? VCrude 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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/ V+ @' n* c( ^' G; r, CThe 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. 2 m7 E8 ~6 y* [* x/ V
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. ; m; }: d! n6 W: d, K# H& K; u, I4 D
Meanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.4 Z. k! E6 }) w( Q
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U.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA D* v: F; s- T6 ~2 y+ G) c& p2 _
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