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Opec strategy to go full throttle begins to backfire
Published Wed, Aug 19, 2015 · 09:50 PM
New York
THE costs of Opec's plan to protect members' share of the oil market by out-producing rivals are mounting.
As oil prices slump to six-year lows, the risks of worsening political turmoil are rising in the organisation's most vulnerable nations. This includes Algeria, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria and Venezuela, a group dubbed the "Fragile Five" by RBC Capital Markets Ltd.
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