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HARDtalk: Oil Discussion

10/06/2008

Oil Discussion

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Zeinab Badawi asks a panel of experts how high global oil prices could go.

Each barrel of oil has now reached an incredible $140,with some saying it could go as high as $200.With many people unable to afford fuel, protests and social unrest are spreading across many countries. Talks on theenergy crisis are ongoing. Senator Jeff Bingaman is Chair of the US Senate's Energy Committee, Lord Oxburgh is a former Chairman of Shell and Brian Wilson is a former British Energy Minister. Zeinab Badawi asks them how bad thingscould get.

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