Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Running out of places to store all the excess oil.
1-15-2009
Crude prices tumble below $34
NEW YORK ? Oil prices tumbled below $34 Thursday, closing in on five-year lows as employment claims rose and OPEC cut demand expectations for 2009.
"The bull oil era is officially over," said Phil Flynn, an analyst at Alaron Trading Corp.
Light, sweet crude for February delivery fell more than 10 percent, or $3.87, to $33.41 a barrel Thursday on the New York Mercantile Exchange. At one point prices fell as low as $33.20.
There is so much crude building up in storage tanks, prices are falling because there are fewer places to put it.
Flynn said crude prices should jump as trading moves to the higher March contract because that crude does not have to be delivered for more than a month.