The US will produce an average 9.25 million b/d this year and the number will continue to grow over the next few years, according to the US Energy Information Administration. When will US oil producers reach 10 million b/d? And what will determine whether — or how — that benchmark is...

Ahead of a possible United Nations Security Council vote Monday on an oil embargo to North Korea, Capitol Crude sits down with William Brown, an adjunct professor at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service and an expert on North Korea.Senior oil editors Brian Scheid and Meghan Gordon talk with...

The US Energy Information Administration is losing its top career official, and senior oil editors Meghan Gordon and Brian Scheid spoke with Howard Gruenspecht before he departed. Gruenspecht, the acting administrator since January and deputy administrator since 2003, is departing for the MIT...

Capitol Crude celebrates its 150th episode with part two of a talk with Amos Hochstein, President Barack Obama's top energy diplomat. Senior oil editors Brian Scheid and Meghan Gordon focus on the future of the Iran nuclear deal — which Hochstein helped develop — and the radical changes...

US energy sanctions are back in the news with Russia and Venezuela, so senior oil editors Brian Scheid and Meghan Gordon talk to someone who's been there, done that: Amos Hochstein, President Barack Obama's top energy diplomat. Hochstein, who served as Obama's special envoy and coordinator of...

Keystone XL faces a final regulatory hurdle in Nebraska, and there are still concerns whether the crude oil pipeline makes economic sense for TransCanada. Senior oil editor Meghan Gordon delves into whether recent news events and an ever-changing supply and demand situation will justify the...

If the US follows through with sanctions on Venezuela, it can affect a slew of issues for US Gulf Coast refiners and the global markets for crude and refined oil products. Senior oil editors Meghan Gordon and Brian Scheid talk with John Auers, executive vice president with Turner, Mason &...

The US Congress is working to put new oil sanctions into place against Russia and the Trump administration is poised to impose new sanctions on Venezuela's oil sector — sanctions which could include an embargo on Venezuelan crude imports into the US.As the Russia sanctions legislation...

Bob Dinneen, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, speaks to Capitol Crude about the future the Renewable Fuel Standard, biofuels and the big topics at the pump in the era of Trump.Dinneen speaks with senior oil editor Brian Scheid about the proposed Renewable Volume Obligations and...

The Trump administration is looking to expand drilling in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, Arctic and even the Pacific oceans. To learn more about the prospects of expanded offshore oil and gas production, senior oil editor Brian Scheid and Gary Gentile, chief editor of Platts...