Oil tankers during loading operations at the Aspropyrgos refinery in Athens last June. “Fill ‘er up,” a refrain that usually makes oilmen smile, is taking on an ominous tone for the energy industry. There is now so much crude oil being pumped world-wide amid such tepid demand that producers are fretting over the possibility of a further sharp downward move in prices. The 93 million barrel question is how much more space there is to put it all and whether storage will be exhausted before the market is balanced. Were that to happen, it could cause the oil-price rout to grow even uglier. For now, that prospect looks to still be a ways off even if the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which meets this week, fails to curb output. Yes, inventories are at unheard of levels. The International Energy Agency said earlier this month that they kept […]