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...