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The GuardianTony Blair courted Chinese leaders for Saudi prince's oil firmThe GuardianAccording to PetroSaudi's executives, the fact that neither company had a disclosed link to Blair was a sticking point; the oil firm was cautious of paying large …

New StatesmanYour petrol bill may fall, but is cheap oil all good news?New StatesmanOil, it goes without saying, is the single most important commodity there is. Quite literally, it greases the wheels of the global economy. It is a commodity that is unequa …