US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has called energy trade a rare bright spot in trade relations with China and has called for a nearly sixfold increase in American energy exports. Is that realistic?This week, Meghan Gordon and Brian Scheid talk with Jane Nakano, a senior fellow with the energy...

Faced with staggering oil costs, the US Navy once launched an effort to innovate how it fuels its fleet with biodiesel and other alternatives.But without $100/b oil, the innovation effort may never get serious, according US Navy Admiral Jonathan Greenert. On the latest Capitol Crude, Greenert, who...

Iran threatened to shut down the Strait of Hormuz back in 2012. Now that the US is exiting the Iran nuclear deal, will the threat to shut downthe world's busiest oil chokepoint return?On the latest episode of Capitol Crude, US Navy Admiral Jonathan Greenert, the Chief of Naval Operationsfrom...

On today's Capitol Crude we're talking oil piracy, sanctions busting and petroleum's black market in international waters.Ian Ralby, founder and CEO of I.R. Consilium, and David Soud, head of research and analysis at I.R. Consilium, talk with Brian Scheid about the state of...

US sanctions against Iranian oil buyers go back into force in early November, and the Treasury Department has instructed countries to make significant cuts to their imports in the next six months to be considered for potential sanctions relief. But much is unknown about how the Trump administration...

California, 16 other states and the District of Columbia have sued the Environmental Protection Agency challenging the Trump administration's move to weaken fuel economy standards for 2022-2025 model year cars and light trucks.John Gioia, a member of the California Air Resources Board, joins...

Iraq is working to sharply expand its oil export capacity despite its agreement as part of OPEC to hold back supply. Those ambitions could get an unexpected boost from US President Donald Trump's exit from the Iran nuclear deal, if reimposed sanctions take Iranian barrels off the market.Iraq...

Geopolitical risks are flaring up across the globe, raising the prospects of oil supply disruptions. Has the market priced in these risks adequately? And what role is US shale supply playing?Veteran analysts Joe McMonigle of Hedge Risk Management and Kevin Book of ClearView Energy Partners weigh in...

Jeff Barron and Mason Hamilton, petroleum markets analysts with US Energy InformationAdministration, talk about New Mexico, America's new oil powerhouse. Why is New Mexico moving up the US' oil output rankings? What'shappening with Alaska, North Dakota and Texas? US crude is also...

Why are US gasoline exports to Mexico breaking records? Why are Canadian crude exports to the US Gulf Coast climbing? What about Keystone XL?Mason Hamilton and Jeff Barron, petroleum markets analysts with the US Energy Information Administration, join the podcast to discuss North American oil and...