Oil industry in freefall

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The bottom has dropped out for oil. The drop in oil prices may be good for the consumer, but where does this leave oil rich countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia? Marco Werman speaks with Ellen Wald, a senior fellow at the Atlantic’s Global Energy Center. 

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