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How sensitive is your energy portfolio to oil prices

Financial Post | August 12, 2011 | 3:58 pm Energy Europe

Last week we highlighted the increasing influence China is having in the global oil market given its rapid growth in demand. China has been actively searching out secure sources of crude oil around the world that at times seems to be in complete disregard to the current stand-alone economics of such acquisitions.