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Slugcatcher on forecasts of a meteoric oil price rise

IT sounds exaggerated but speculation about an oil-price super-spike above US$150 a barrel might not be far off the mark as Slugcatcher listens to the sound of gunboats warming their engines on the Iranian side of the Straits of Hormuz.

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Banks suggest tensions, low reserves and early shareholder returns may drive price high

Banks suggest tensions, low reserves and early shareholder returns may drive price high

Not since the 1970s has the world's most important trade route looked so exposed to a military clash as Iran reacts aggressively to the reimposition of US sanctions which are crimping its oil exports and...

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