On this week's Capitol Crude podcast, Platts senior editors Brian Scheid and Herman Wang talk about why US condensate exports are like a box of chocolates. How much processed condensate will the US be exporting and where will it end up?Check back every Monday for the latest analysis of US oil...

On this week's Capitol Crude podcast, Platts senior editors Herman Wang and Brian Scheid ask if the hundreds of millions of barrels of crude oil stashed away by the US government may indicate a hoarding problem. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve, hidden away in Louisiana and Texas, was born of...

What does a plan by Saudi Arabia have to do with bad basketball? This week, on Capitol Crude, Platts senior editors Brian Scheid and Herman Wang compare the OPEC powerhouse's possible plan to assert its leading role in the world oil market to the strategy by the Philadelphia 76ers to lose games...

Platts senior editors Herman Wang and Brian Scheid answer US crude policy questions submitted from listeners. Will the first Alaskan crude export in a decade push a change in US export policy? What's the deal with the Jones Act and who's pushing for an exemption to it? How are plunging...

Platts senior editors Herman Wang and Brian Scheid launch a new dating show for crude-by-rail regulations on this week's Capitol Crude. Can the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration find anything to like in the companies and trade groups that are jostling for favor as a new rule is...

On this week's Capitol Crude, Platts senior editors Brian Scheid and Herman Wang look at what advanced baseball statistics can tell us about US crude oil production data.Sabermetrics led to a statistical revolution in Major League Baseball; are new production metrics on domestic production needed...

On this week's Capitol Crude, Platts senior editors Herman Wang and Brian Scheid look at the ongoing fight over the Renewable Fuel Standard and compare it to the central conflict within history's most famous vampire romance teen literature, Twilight. Indeed, the US Environmental Protection Agency's...

On this week's Capitol Crude, Platts senior editors Brian Scheid and Herman Wang compare the ongoing campaign to allow exports of US crude oil to some of the most successful beer marketing campaigns. Despite a glut of US crude and domestic refining constraints, lawmakers are slow to act on...

On this week's Capitol Crude, Platts senior editors Brian Scheid and Herman Wang explain how the US Congress is looking to lay the groundwork for future crude oil policy, meaning it's a perfect time to start paying attention to it, despite its reputation for being stuck in a cycle of dead-end...

This week, Brian Scheid and Herman Wang play a couple of rounds of Name That Crude in an attempt to figure out the exact qualities of Bakken crude, a question that the North Dakota Industrial Commission will review during a hearing September 23.Then the Platts senior oil news reporters review the...