Saudi Arabia is trying to sabotage America's shale oil boom

If it succeeds, it can dampen investor enthusiasm for shale oil in the U.S. and starve companies of the capital they need

Saudi Arabia
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We've been here before. By "here," I mean Saudi Arabia throwing its weight around in the global oil markets and triggering what we can only call a kind of reverse oil shock as a result.

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