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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon J m" a/ a3 m4 @6 C
: ?0 s/ q/ [6 b5 } zby Tom Randall4 n% @9 p$ E7 S5 B( L$ L. G
- D M. d/ L3 @" ^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. ; V7 Z( q1 a# O2 [: m% n
Oil 'Rally'
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4 U" G; M/ H0 I/ qOne 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- x5 Q2 X0 P2 I) }9 }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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% ^6 q9 ]. x- W9 IThe 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. # J4 L) ]7 s- J7 H% |
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.
, H8 f2 D! U# ^- D$ {! kMeanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.
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' |8 F& E9 _& ~U.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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