Plenty of artists have penned songs about California - from Tupac to the Beach Boys to Katy Perry. But the one aspect of California that every singer seems to leave out is its Low Carbon Fuel Standard, a potentially game-changing program to clean up transportation fuels. LCFS credits have spiked in...

After the unveiling of President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, it's an appropriate time to take stock of whether the administration's climate goals are at odds with the ongoing shale boom. Platts senior editor Brian Scheid asks whether history will remember Obama as the climate change president...

On this week's Capitol Crude, Platts senior editors Brian Scheid and Herman Wang slide tackle their way into the bipartisan, comprehensive US energy bill passed out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee last week. The bill is expected to be the first major US energy policy bill out...

Which anniversary includes the traditional gifting of a barrel of crude oil? On the 50th episode of Capitol Crude, Platts senior oil reporters Brian Scheid and Herman Wang look back at their year in podcasting and revisit some of the hottest oil topics to see what's changed and what's new. What...

After the landmark nuclear deal with Iran, what should the world expect from its oil industry? Platts senior oil editor Brian Scheid digs into the big questions: How much Iranian crude could hit the world market and when? Where will it go? What does it mean for prices in an already over-supplied...

Time is of the essence when it comes to opening up US oil exports . . . or is it? Platts senior editor Brian Scheid details why a vote to end long-standing restrictions on US crude oil exports is likely coming this fall. On opposites sides of the debate, George Baker, the head of Producers for...

It was a year of Star Wars, funk, Reggie Jackson and Saudi Arabian crude arriving in the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve. From 1977 until today, the US' place in the oil market has come a long way. Platts senior oil editor Brian Scheid talks to Melanie Kenderdine, a top US Department of Energy...

You can come out of your tinfoil bunker: The Obama administration's recently announced plans to regulate commercial aircraft emissions, but any effects would likely be years in the future. Platts senior oil editors and Herman Wang and Brian Scheid wonder if this is part of a government conspiracy...

Did the Obama administration turn a T-Rex of a problem into an Indominus Rex of a problem, by requiring electronically controlled pneumatic brakes on oil trains? After watching Jurassic World, the much-hyped sequel to Jurassic Park, Brian Scheid and Herman Wang break down the administration's...

The US isn't a part of OPEC, and no government officials attended the OPEC meeting in Vienna last week, but the US and its shale oil boom were still on people's minds at the conference and summit. Platts senior editors Herman Wang -- who was in Vienna -- and Brian Scheid recap the conference and...