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World Service,10 Mar 2026,27 mins

What is needed to steady volatile oil markets?

World Business Report

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The International Energy Agency is meeting in Paris to discuss the release of strategic oil reserves in a bid to bolster supplies and calm energy markets as the US-Israel war with Iran ends the 11th day. Sam Fenwick hears from the former head of oil industry and markets at IEA, Neil Atkinson. (Picture: A person pumps gas at a Shell gas station in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 05 October 2022. Credit: MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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