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Slugcatcher on falling oil and gas prices (and falling profits) 

PEAK oil took on a new meaning for Slugcatcher last week when the world's biggest oil companies reported lacklustre earnings for the March quarter, the oil price turned south, and Donald Trump said he had done what King Canute couldn't do.

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Trumps says he called OPEC to bring prices down

Trumps says he called OPEC to bring prices down

    Of those three events, President Trump's claim that he had "phoned OPEC" and ordered a fall in the oil price, was the most impressive - even if it didn't actually happen.   Lower earnings reported...

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