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The oil price has crashed - for a while some producers were even paying customers to take it away. It's like no oil shock the industry has ever seen before. Lesley Curwen sets out to discover what difference cheap oil will make to our lives. Which jobs are at risk? Will there be a knock-on effect on our household finances - utility bills and pensions for example? And as lockdowns slowly start to ease, could it change how much we rely on oil for good? Contributors include: Josephine Cumbo - Financial Times Pensions Correspondent Keith Barnett - Oil worker Felicity Hannah - Consumer Affairs journalist Jonathan White - Business Development Director, Apollo Dr Valentina Kretzschmar. - Vice President, Wood Mackenzie Beth Evans - Global Head of News, S&P Global Platts Michael Tholen - Sustainability Director, OGUK Presenter: Lesley Curwen Producer: Beth Sagar-Fenton
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