May 31, 2016
Recent complaints out of Tehran that the nuclear deal has yet to yield tangible benefits leaves questions about the future of the deal and what it would mean for oil. Senior editors Brian Scheid and Herman Wang delve into the hand-wringing by some, despite efforts of the Obama administration to...
May 23, 2016
Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region has been hard hit by the oil price plunge of late, but it is attempting to pull its oil industry out of the shadows and toward legitimacy. Platts senior editors Herman Wang and Brian Scheid are joined by Ben Lando, founder and editor-in-chief of the Iraq Oil...
May 16, 2016
Saudi Arabia last week made a change in its oil leadership, naming former Saudi Aramco CEO Khalid al-Falih to the post of energy minister, replacing the long-serving Ali al-Naimi. Naimi, who regularly moved markets with his pronouncements on oil supply and demand, had been in charge of Saudi oil...
May 9, 2016
The state of the oil industry in Venezuela and its ailing PetroCaribe program are having effects on the market in other parts of the 'neighborhood' -- like the US, Caribbean and Central America. The Obama administration last week hosted the US-Caribbean-Central America Energy Summit in Washington,...
May 2, 2016
Oil prices have been on the rebound in recent weeks, with many market watchers saying that fundamentals appear improved. Some are predicting that the market will see supply and demand rebalance by the end of the year. Senior oil editors Brian Scheid and Herman Wang look closer at the market's green...