US oil price below $1 a barrel as storage capacity runs out Benchmark collapses to unprecedented low as traders try to rid themselves of unwanted crude. US oil prices headed to negative territory after crashing to one cent a barrel as the collapse in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic leaves the world awash with oil and not enough storage capacity — meaning producers may soon be paying for buyers to take it off their hands. West Texas Intermediate, the US marker, lost 99 per cent on Monday, with the price of oil for delivery next month sinking to record lows on warnings that traders were struggling to access storage capacity at the refinery hub of Cushing, Oklahoma, which is expected to be full within weeks.
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