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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon! J0 _$ R. I& @1 O
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by Tom Randall
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O8 U; y, c, lOil 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. ) V1 s7 Q" \! d; b+ L; w; J
Oil 'Rally'
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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. 1 z8 c2 C9 K! A! x" X. u" g
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. 3 o; v) l5 z4 K: F8 S7 c; \( ^2 s$ Y
U.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. . b( P5 w; t# @- w
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. $ U2 y1 l/ ~' e% t& |4 G" E
Meanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.- x2 ]' u$ B0 K
q" q4 c: S# XU.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA& s1 J& y3 K5 X$ n
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