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million barrels daily, including from Russia, to reverse the free fall of oil prices. A recent report from Capital Economics said Saudi Arabia has its problems but it could withstand lower oil prices without feeling too much of a pinch. Saudi Arabia cannot afford another slump in oil prices,” he warns. “It Kemp agrees.
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