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Ruxandra Iordache

@RMIordache

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Breaking news at @CNBCi , markets and geopolitics. Formerly @ArgusMedia . Retweets not endorsements, chocolate not optional. #OOTT

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2 years
They need to stop taking pictures of me at the office:
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I can neither confirm, nor deny this is a picture of me at the office:
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(FREE) Opec has offered its first forecast for global oil demand next year, predicting an increase of 2.7mn b/d to 103mn b/d on the back of "healthy global economic growth" and "improvements in geopolitical developments" - #OOTT #OPEC #oil
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Hi folks! Shifted gears and joined the breaking news desk of @CNBCi . Will be keeping an eye on markets - yes, #oil too! - and EMEA politics. DM inbox still open for tips. Happy Thursday!
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Ending my last day at Argus with a lot of love for the swarm of talented, persistent and patient (they put up with me, sooooo) reporters and editors I've had the fun & delight of working with. A few links within for great folks to follow for your #OOTT needs -
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#OPEC mood today
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@RMIordache @HermsTheWord She got an OPEC+ meeting!
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#OPEC #oil output down again in June, our survey estimates below: #OOTT
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#SaudiArabia #oil minister Abdulaziz bin Salman describes last night's extended #OPEC meeting involved "squashing the heads, squeezing the brains" #OOTT
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(FREE) The #OPEC + coalition fell 3.58mn b/d short of August targets: delegates - #OOTT #oil
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#Libya 's El Sharara has restarted output, with flows near 180kbd and some availabilities in Zawia stock + repairs on the Sarir-Tobruk pipeline have also finished -- four sources #OOTT
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Venezuelan crude has unloaded in Europe for the first time in almost two years, raising the possibility that one or more Mediterranean refiners have been granted US sanctions waivers to restart imports - #Venezuela #Europe #OOTT #oil
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(Free) Opec+ crude production increased last month but fell short of the 400,000 b/d agreed rise in quotas, as several members struggled to keep pace: Argus output survey - #OOTT #OPEC #oil
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(FREE) The 19 participants to the #Opec + deal increased their collective crude #oil production by roughly 100,000 b/d in August, with higher output from Russia and Middle East producers offsetting declines in #Kazakhstan and #Nigeria - Argus survey:
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#OPEC + source says meeting today to finalise #oil agreement #OOTT
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Our #OPEC production estimates for January show the group's #oil output at a nearly four-year low, with compliant among the 11 deal participants at 88pc:
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Happy #OPEC versary to one of the best #OOTT journos in the biz!
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And talking about 20 years. With this OPEC 'meeting', I'm celebrating two decades covering OPEC gatherings. I blame OPEC for a lot of my grey hair | #OOTT (That picture I think is circa 2001 when the late Ali Rodriguez was secretary general. We used very chunk tape recorders!!)
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Re Bazil + #OPEC - minister: "It is important that our technical crew analyzes the content of the document that we just received, the charter of the cooperation. It is part of our government protocol to do this." #OOTT
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Our #OPEC + October production survey figures, now out: #OOTT #oil
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Ah, London.
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More #Libya protests. #Oil loadings okay as of now - talk of the Es Sider port gate being closed (this does not have to ultimately affect terminal operations and exports -- protests at gates often don't). #OOTT
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Argus #OPEC #oil production figures for December - many deliberate and involuntary reductions, while Venezuela saw a rare increase and Iraq climbed to a new high #OOTT
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#Libya 's crude #oil production has slipped below 800,000 b/d as maintenance in the east of the country compounds blockade-led shutdowns at four fields in the west - #OOTT
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Three #OPEC -linked meetings tomorrow, folks. Three.
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4 years
I like her dating profile pic: Source:
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Our #OPEC survey covering March #oil production figure #OOTT
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Hi folks - just a small reminder, given spike in such DMs recently: I'm an #oil journalist. I'm not authorised to give financial advice, predict prices, mediate trade, procure or distribute commodities, buy/sell financial stock or, sometimes, tie my own laces. Thanks.
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Happy New Year from Bucharest, Romania! Strength, luck, laughter, happiness and health to everyone, but particularly to those who've lost anyone to the pandemic. May we all not run into the 'challenging' and 'unprecedented' times cliches in dark alleys in 2021 again.
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#OPEC + compliance in May: 256% OPEC-10: 196% Non-OPEC: 360% #OOTT #oil
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#OPEC 's September production fell to its lowest since April 2009, following attacks at key facilities in #SaudiArabia - Our free copy at: #OOTT
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#Opec + delegates have played down renewed calls for the producer group to accelerate the increase in its crude output, reiterating that the current #oil price rally is rooted in geopolitical tensions and underinvestment in new supply - #OOTT
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(free) The #OPEC + coalition fell roughly 800,000 b/d short of its January target, an Argus production survey finds. Our latest figures within: #OOTT #oil
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#SaudiArabia denies the prospective 500,000 b/d Opec+ increase:
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#Libya 's NOC announces $700mn of November oil & gas revenue - notably, in its Libyan Foreign Bank account - #OOTT #oil
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#SaudiArabia 's Abdulaziz bin Salman, asked when he will disclose if the kingdom's voluntary 1mn b/d July cut will be extended: "Why do you deny me the right to keep people in suspense? It’s a privilege."
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Argus #OPEC #oil production figures for August below: #OOTT
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#SaudiArabia 's AbS "It would be unwise indeed if anybody wants to gamble on our determination. Again, please make my day." #OOTT #OPEC JMMC
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(free) #OPEC production plunged to the lowest on Argus record in June, when three Mideast Gulf countries volunteered additional cuts and other producers improved their output restraint. Our OPEC June crude #oil output survey figures & copy below: #OOTT
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#Opec + statement adjusts two-year output plan as follows: - 9.7mn b/d cut for May-June - 7.7mn b/d for July-Dec - 5.8mn b/d for Jan 2021-April 2022 #OOTT
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#Opec output rose to a three-month high in March, in the final month of the Opec+ #oil production restraint agreement -- our March survey figures below: #OOTT
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#Libya 's #oil production is at 860,000 b/d and will reach 1.2mn b/d within two weeks, state-owned NOC said on Saturday - #OOTT
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Wave of further cuts from several OPEC member countries today. Move co-ordonated but 'voluntary' - unilateral, not group-wide - meaning it's not an official OPEC policy. JMMC meets tomorrow. There is precedent, but not to this scale. #OPEC
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#Libya NOC removes force majeure off all export terminals. Note #oil production likely to take a while to recover. #OOTT
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#UAE Suhail al-Mazrouei, on whether Russia can be trusted to implement cut: "Some of the things that we have seen from Russia on a technical basis (...) doesn’t add up from some of the independent sources, and we will be reaching out to those independent sources."
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Back in (beautiful) Vienna for a hopefully not breakneck two days of #OPEC ministerials. Pleased to report the population to bakeries ratio remains roughly 1:1. Will pay careful respects to the OPEC stairwell.
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#Libya 's crude #oil production at 1.28mn b/d in recent days, with total liquid output at 1.32mn b/d - #OOTT
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#Opec + compliance hits record 129% in January: document - #OOTT #oil
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#OPEC + meeting confirmed 12pm Vienna time tomorrow: four delegates #OOTT #oil #showtime
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You might think you only need OOTT in your life, but you are wrong:
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#Libya 's oil output down by 530,000 b/d amid closures: source - #OOTT
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#OPEC + compliance soars to 157pc as Russian flows drop to 10.018mn b/d: document - #OOTT
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#Russia 's Foreign Min Sergey Lavrov in #SaudiArabia to meet his counterpart Faisal bin Farhan, slated to attend a GCC meeting on Wed: Tass #OOTT
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#China 's Zhenhua books giant 48mn bl/year five-year Basrah term tender from #Iraq 's Somo: six trade sources. Tender included a prepaid one-year period estimated at $2bn. Story link upcoming. #OOTT
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The Swedish government has asked parliament to approve a cut in gasoline and diesel taxes, the latest in a string of state interventions around the world this month to sustain demand as energy prices soar - #OOTT #Sweden #oil
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We have liftoff - 9.6mn b/d #OPEC + #oil cuts agreed for July, Mexico bowing out of reductions.
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#Libya 's GNA has agreed to pay the salaries of Petroleum Facilities Guard currently on strike at Marsa el-Hariga. Tomorrow, to see the situation at Es Sider / Ras Lanuf. #OOTT #oil
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Armed militia have entered #Libya 's El Sharara and demanded the field's shutdown. Local sourcing + NOC confirmation. #OOTT #oil
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#Libya 's #Oil production currently at 1.15mn b/d, according to industry sources. The level is above Libya's Argus-estimated 980kb/d for its January average. #OOTT #OPEC
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Some #OPEC + delegates say nothing heard on the output cut plan in the wake of #G20 talks. One says talks likely ongoing among producers. Happy Saturday, #OOTT .
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You can hear the horrified anticipation of PUBLISH buttons worldwide, waiting to be battered by a battalion of editors the second Brent crosses $90/bl.
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My soul has aged a hundred years and this #OPEC JTC meeting is still ongoing.
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God look after his soul.
OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, passed away yesterday in his home country Nigeria. He was the much-loved leader of the OPEC Secretariat and his passing is a profound loss to the entire OPEC Family, the oil industry and the international community.
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Sources say today has been going on for 14 years now.
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#Libya 's Mesla field back online after a technical hiccup forced shutdown last night. Still 30,000 b/d of crude #oil production targeted for the 10,000 b/d Sarir refinery + storage. #OOTT
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A pipeline leak has cut Libyan crude production by around 200,000 b/d, a Libyan shipping source said today - #Libya #oil #OOTT
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Four European refiners have asked to leave their annual Saudi crude term contract volumes unchanged in 2022, while another in the region has requested an increase, trading sources said - #OOTT #oil #SaudiArabia
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Happy New Year from Bucharest, everyone! Health & happiness in 2023!
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#Brazil 's state-run producer Petrobras said it has signed an agreement to supply 12mn bl of crude to Indian refiner IOC over a six-month period - #OOTT #oil
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This #G20 statement is like when they told me there would be Star Wars prequels, then they gave me Jar Jar Binks #OOTT
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#Libya 's NOC says it anticipates "total" production at 260kbd next week #OOTT #oil
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Our #OPEC production figures for August below, with copy by @ncitayim at #OOTT
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#Libya 's 300kbd El Sharara field is in the process of shutting down because of another valve closure along the pipeline linking it to Zawia, sources say. Force majeure has not been declared at this time - #OOTT #oil
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#SaudiArabia 's Aramco Trading (ATC) is operating a crude-for-products swap with Greek refiner Motor Oil Hellas, in a deal that will help diminish the kingdom’s reliance on crude for domestic use and increase its #oil export availabilities - #OOTT #OPEC
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We should all hope to live as peacefully as this grass-grazing robot that gently consumes the lawns of Lausanne:
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The two-year output restraint plan forged by the #Opec + group during emergency talks yesterday could boost #oil prices by $15/bl in the short term, #Nigeria 's oil minister Timipre Sylva said today - #OOTT
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#Kuwait and #Iraq following #SaudiArabia 's OSP line with sharp December price increases. Some interesting market reactions. #OOTT
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#Libya 's Zueitina terminal has refused to load the MT Amore Mio II until authorized by NOC East: #OOTT
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#US Donald Trump presser response on helping with #Mexico 's #OPEC + production cut quota - thread, if I figure out how: #OOTT “I explained, you’re going to be selling it for $5 or $10/bl, so in the end it’s bad. But he did have some political difficulty with it, frankly" -
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Our #OPEC production figures for February below. Noteworthy - Venezuela shedding its January gains, more MidEast losses, Iran output still considerable and Iraq's slip from the record high of December-January: #oil #OOTT
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Marsa el-Hariga port closed by protesters, shipping sources say. Bear in mind these outages can be very short-lived and important to see if it's a long-term stop. #OOTT #Libya #oil
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#Libya 's crude production dropped to 204,000 b/d today with the continued blockade of the country's #oil infrastructure: source - #OOTT
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Hi. Another rare serious note, and a regular reminder: please do not approach journalists (or at least me) with requests for financial advice. We can't and should not issue it. We have privileged access to financial information, and it would be ethically unsound to advise.
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One Opec+ delegate said Russia's concerns about further cuts are linked to its belief that falling global oil demand growth can be resolved through financial stimulus packages, and not reactionary oil market measures.
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#US president Donald Trump touched on #oil in talks with #Russia 's Vladimir Putin and #SaudiArabia 's MbS, says might join a 'get-together' if need be. Quotes in thread #OOTT
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October's #OPEC output rebounds amid recoveries in #SaudiArabia - our production figures and free copy below #OOTT #oil
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#SaudiArabia statement on today's Ras Tanura, Aramco facilities attacks: #OOTT #oil
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#Libya 's NOC has just declared force majeure on Hariga exports, following reductions in Agoco production. Sarir and al-Bayda both believed down - #OOTT #oil
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#SaudiArabia 's Prince Abdulaziz says weather is nice -- callback to his first OPEC session as minister. No comment. #OOTT #oil
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#Libya 's Agoco-operated 200,000 b/d Sarir field shut down roughly two days ago. Total Agoco #oil output is now below 90 kb/d, with the 8 kb/d Hamada online and the Mesla field at 79 kb/d. Al-Bayda is also shut down, Nafoora field status uncertain - #OOTT
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The Caspian Pipeline Consortium, operator of the pipeline used by #Kazakhstan to export most of its crude, has reported a "significant decrease" in shipments through the Tengiz-Novorossiysk pipeline system - #OOTT
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#Libya 's Agoco says the Mesla and Hamada #oil fields have resumed production. All eyes on Sarir... #OOTT
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#Libya : Crude #oil output from the three Agoco-operated fields currently online has climbed to around 200,000 b/d: source - #OOTT
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#Saudi Arabia's energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said further releases from strategic petroleum reserves are in US hands. Global #oil prices are above levels that pushed key buyers to announce a co-ordinated draw in Nov - w @ncitayim - #OOTT
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#Algeria has named Samir Madani as its new National Representative to #OPEC : source - #OOTT #oil
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Cool piece from the Beeb on the tech response to the hurdles of tracking #Iran 's #oil movements, featuring insight from @TankerTrackers , @VortexaNews , @ClipperData - #OOTT
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(free) Protesters have shut down Libya's El Feel #oil field, with state-owned NOC now declaring force majeure. Further demonstrations at Zueitina port also threaten output, if the latest vessel is not allowed to load - #OOTT
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Our #OPEC survey #oil production figures for July below & copy here: #OOTT
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Breaking from #OPEC for a bit of ship nerdery: #Iraq 's BOT has started its Basrah Medium crude #oil loads & co-loads, with a Basrah Medium & Heavy co-load sailing even yesterday 😍 #OOTT
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#Libya 's Zawia #oil terminal poised to exit force majeure shortly; a shipment has been booked late in the month - market & shipping sources: #OOTT
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#Libya 's #oil production drop deepens, with a 450kb/d loss attributed to the Ras Lanuf and Es Sider outages, while technical faults at Agoco fields add another unspecified volume decline on top -- NOC's Sanalla #OOTT
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