Sep 29, 2014
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...
Sep 22, 2014
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...
Sep 15, 2014
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...
Sep 8, 2014
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...