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World Service,11 Oct 2014,28 mins

The End of the Oil Age?

In the Balance

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In the Balance is drilling for oil - or rather for some explanation of what's been happening to prices: why have they been falling when the Middle East is in turmoil? After all, conflict in the region has often been the spark for sharp rises in the price of crude oil. Andrew Walker is joined by Seth Kleinman, Head of Energy Strategy at the financial group - Citi, Greg Priddy in Washington, Director of Global Energy and Natural Resources at Eurasia Group, a firm which does political risk assessment and consultancy. And Bill Farren-Price is in London. He is the Founder and CEO of Petroleum Policy Intelligence. Also, comedian Colm O' Regan gets on his bike in search of energy.

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