Today’s Daily Energy Markets podcast (Sept. 18) featured Nadia Martin Wiggen (Svelland Capital), Walter Simpson (former O&G CEO), and James McCallum (Exergy Group/Strathclyde University). Discussion centered on the Fed’s rate cut, OPEC+ spare capacity (estimated 2–3 mb/d), shifting IOC strategies toward deepwater, U.S. shale consolidation, and China’s stockbuilding role in sustaining prices despite supply growth.