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Oil prices slide after Opec deal collapses

Major producers could not agree on a deal to cut output, a plan aimed at steadying prices

As the oil producers' cartel Opec tries to agree a cut in output to stave off falling prices, Dr. Sara Vakhshouri, president of SVB Energy International in Washington, considers the implications.
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Ed Butler is joined throughout the programme by Sharon Brettkelly, presenter of The Detail podcast on Radio New Zealand, from Auckland.

(Picture: An oil refinery. Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

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