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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon/ E/ j0 F7 d1 e z W$ `* q
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by Tom Randall& r2 j% O9 w Y% i! k4 j
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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. ' o* P0 f# D' h: e5 e8 l
Oil 'Rally'
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' d; l! D0 j P7 ^% h/ |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. - l( a3 {2 w+ Y, [4 s
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.
8 l4 Z9 ~" X3 _& d% KU.S. Oil Inventories Reach 80-Year High( T, T5 N% y9 C( K' h. g. E) \
! J1 Q, ]4 [8 u0 aThe 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. 5 N$ P$ Y9 S: x% S+ ^5 `1 ~( ?- Z! R
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.
! \9 o; J8 i# J( o: l4 I$ PMeanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.
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( w) K6 y' t; W/ C' h4 {9 Y' wU.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA! x. A% w+ k& n0 G8 H
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