Capitol Crude: The US Energy Policy Podcast

How safe are US pipelines seven years after the fatal natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California, and the 20,000-barrel heavy crude spill in Marshall, Michigan? Regulations designed in response to the accidents moved so slowly in the Obama administration that they never reached...

Capitol Crude looks at whether the landmark crude oil supply cut agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC producers may be undermined by growth of US shale oil supply. Spencer Dale, BP's group chief economist, and Lynn Helms, North Dakota's top oil and gas regulator, talk to senior oil...

During the second presidential debate, Ken Bone asked a question that brought somewhat dormant energy policy to the forefront. Capitol Crude asks Bone, the man behind the internet's most famous red sweater, about President Donald Trump's energy policy path so far. Bone, who works in the energy...

Senior oil editors Brian Scheid and Meghan Gordon talk with Jana Morgan, director of Publish What You Pay - US, on the likely fate of an anti-corruption rule with impacts on multinational oil, gas and mining companies. The rule, requiring companies to report bribes to foreign governments, was...

The Texas Gulf Coast is gearing up to handle more US oil production and a potential rise in crude exports, but pipeline capacity already outstrips the area's refining capacity. Sandy Fielden, director of oil and products research at Morningstar Commodities & Energy, talks with senior oil editors...

On February 3, US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission lost its quorum when Chairman Norman Bay announced he had "gone fishin'" and left the agency in regulatory chaos. Chris Newkumet, DC bureau chief and chief editor of Inside FERC, and Maya Weber, editor of Inside FERC, join senior oil...

Former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson has started his new job at the State Department, where he could still have a big impact on energy and commodity issues around the globe. Senior oil editors Meghan Gordon and Brian Scheid look at how Tillerson might approach the long-simmering tensions in the...

President Donald Trump has moved in to the White House and has already begun what many believe will be a major shift in US energy policy. But will Trump's policy changes erase the Obama administration's efforts to combat climate change? Jason Bordoff, a former top energy adviser to...

Capitol Crude travels to Texas to discuss the impact President Donald Trump may have on US crude oil supply and gasoline demand. Laura Huchzermeyer, an associate editor who covers Americas shale crude and US West Coast crude, and Jeff Bair, managing editor, US gasoline, LPGs and naphtha, talk to...

Robert McNally, author of the new book 'Crude Volatility: The History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices' joins senior oil editors Meghan Gordon and Brian Scheid to talk about the history — and future — of crude oil prices. McNally, a former White House energy advisor and president...

About two weeks before he plans to step down, Adam Sieminski, the head of the US Energy Information Administration, sits down with Capitol Crude to talk future oil prices, the path of US production and the outlook for global demand. Sieminski, EIA's administrator since 2012, talks to senior...

Many are watching US oil producers after the deal between OPEC and non-OPEC producers and Donald Trump's election, and John Hess, CEO of Hess Corporation, shares his thoughts about the future of US shale. Hess talks with senior oil editors Meghan Gordon and Brian Scheid about how quickly American...

Energy independence is a goal for many when it comes to US energy security, and the future of both is influenced by both politics and complicated global energy markets. Senior oil editors Brian Scheid and Meghan Gordon talk to Robbie Diamond, president and CEO of Securing America's Future Energy,...

Total renewable fuel is slated to be more than 10% of the US fuel supply in 2017, breaking through the so-called blend wall. But how will a new presidential administration affect targets for the Renewable Fuel Standard? Senior oil editors Meghan Gordon and Brian Scheid talk to ClearView Energy...

In a special episode of Capitol Crude, senior oil editor Brian Scheid calls former podcast co-host Herman Wang in Vienna to get all the details of OPEC's historic decision Wednesday to cut production. Wang is our London-based OPEC reporter, and he explains whether the deal is actually a cut or a...

What are the best and worst scenarios from the upcoming OPEC meeting for Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, the US and other crude producers? Matthew Reed, vice president of Foreign Reports, joins senior oil editor Brian Scheid to consider the likely outcomes and country-by-country consequences for...

It's alive! After being buried in the White House policy graveyard last year by President Barack Obama, the Keystone XL pipeline is back from the dead following Donald Trump's election win. TransCanada is considering applying again for a permit for the 1,700-mile pipeline and Trump has vowed to...

Capitol Crude looks at how President-elect Donald Trump might handle US sanctions against Russia, given indications during the campaign that he would take a softer stance with Moscow. Will Trump ease these sanctions that are restricting Western oil companies' operations in Russia? Moscow-based...

In a special post-election episode of Capitol Crude, senior editors Brian Scheid and Meghan Gordon look at what impact Republican Donald Trump's victory will have on US oil policy. Geoffrey Craig, oil futures editor with Platts, stops by to talk about the immediate oil price reactions and...

Venezuela has more proven crude oil reserves than any other country, yet hundreds of thousands of people are unable to buy necessities and are marching in the streets of Caracas. Senior oil editors Meghan Gordon and Brian Scheid talk with Raúl Gallegos, senior analyst with Control Risk and...

Former US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson joins senior oil editors Meghan Gordon and Brian Scheid to detail the changing role of OPEC in the global oil market and oil diplomacy. Richardson, who was also governor of New Mexico and a former presidential candidate, was seen as a key player in what...

The fight in the US between oil and gas producers and environmentalists has taken on a more urgent tone lately, in part due to the country looking ahead to a new president. Senior oil editors Brian Scheid and Meghan Gordon speak with Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, about the...

This week's episode of Capitol Crude looks at the fallout from OPEC's Algiers meeting and the prospects for rebalancing global oil supply and demand. Platts senior editors Meghan Gordon and Brian Scheid talk to former Capitol Crude co-host Herman Wang about his time chasing oil ministers...

It's Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and crude oil on this week's Capitol Crude, as Platts senior editors Meghan Gordon and Brian Scheid look at what the race for the White House means for US oil policy and global supply and demand. Congressman Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican and...

Platts senior editors Brian Scheid and Meghan Gordon look at the spike in earthquakes in Oklahoma and neighboring states, areas that contributed to the US oil and gas boom. Justin Rubinstein, deputy chief of the US Geological Survey's Induced Seismicity Project, explains how injection wells can...