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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon
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* ~% P! r f. UOil 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. : b5 s5 C0 q+ j7 @" `; d7 a
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' p6 @3 N4 g& C) dOne 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.
+ E5 Y2 M% W, Q. u% 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.
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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.
4 [' F h/ G9 E+ N. J8 JWinter 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.
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+ K) D E s7 T" LU.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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