Oil be damned: if Opec is trying to appease Russia, it’s doing itself no favours

Inaction over supply crisis will speed oil’s death knell as consumers are sure to boost efforts to reduce dependence

06 March 2022 - 17:53 By Julian Lee

The group of oil producers known as Opec has become irrelevant. Amid the most unstable oil supply situation in more than 30 years, it went missing in action...

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