BP plc Predicts $60 Oil — But It’s Not All Bad News

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With the oil price still languishing two-thirds off its peak, this most recent crash is every bit as dramatic as that we saw with the so-called ‘oil glut’ in the mid-1980s. The bad news is BP (LSE: BP) thinks low prices are going to last for longer. But there’s good news too, at least if you’re a BP shareholder…

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