'The end of Big Oil': Are we heading for $10 a barrel oil?

James Murray
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Influential analyst firm publishes Paris Agreement compatible scenario that would see oil prices plummet over the coming decades

Are oil prices about to plummet? That is the question presented by a new scenario from influential analyst firm Wood Mackenzie that details how oil prices are likely to fall sharply in the coming decades...

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