In today's episode:

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• Oil is climbing again, on signals that OPEC and central bankers may be ready to prop up financial markets;
  
• OPEC production is sinking, thanks to a combination of careful planning and events outside the group's control;
  
• An election in Guyana will determine who holds the purse strings in the suddenly oil-rich nation;
  
• Two of the worlds largest energy conferences were canceled yesterday, after the World Health Organization raised its virus threat level.
  

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