Capitol Crude: The US Energy Policy Podcast
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Capitol Crude: The US Energy Policy Podcast
In-depth weekly analysis of US energy policy news from S&P Global Commodity Insights senior editors covering the Capitol. Hosted by Jasmin Melvin.
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Naphtha flow from Africa's Dangote refinery boosting product tankers
Nigeria's Dangote refinery, built at a cost of $20 billion and is Africa's largest, has started exporting naphtha to North Asian markets at a time whe...
What's next for oil following China's announcement of its 2024 targets?
Economic power-house China has set out 10 targets for 2024, which is pro-growth for oil demand, keen on energy security, and prioritizing accelerated...
Policies, politics and partings
After several great years, Capitol Crude is coming to an end. We want to thank all our listeners for tuning in and supporting us over the years. Going...
Rumored weakening of tailpipe emissions rule would move US in wrong direction, analyst says
The Environmental Protection Agency last April pitched its strongest-ever limits on greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars and trucks. But repor...
LNG exports, pauses, climate impacts: Are we having the wrong debate?
The US Department of Energy in late January hit “pause” on its work issuing key LNG export permits. About 30 million mt/year of probable export capaci...
Push for organized phasedown of oil, gas leasing on public lands turns to RMP legal fights
Under settlement agreements with environmental groups and Colorado, the Bureau of Land Management is taking another look at that the Uncompahgre Resou...
Will US confront Iran? Analyst says it must to stop Houthi attacks on major oil shipping route
Threats to the flow of crude supplies have worsened in recent weeks with oil and petroleum products tankers among targets struck by Yemen's Iran-backe...
Ethanol industry wants more options to be part of US climate solution: ACE CEO
The ethanol industry is angling to be a bigger part of the US decarbonization strategy, but so far, the Biden administration has sent some mixed signa...
Oil and gas companies opening wallets as lease sales grow scarcer
The Biden administration in December signed off on a plan to conduct the fewest oil and gas lease sales in history, with just three auctions in the Gu...
Is the oil, gas patch M&A hot streak here to stay?
According to S&P Global Market Intelligence data, oil and gas deals topped $271 billion in value in 2023, more than doubling the value of deals made i...
Guyana is a wildcard in Venezuelan sanctions picture: consultant
In October, the US agreed to ease sanctions on Venezuela in exchange for progress toward a fair election next year. But Venezuela has not fully held u...
Oil sector advised to "Be vigilant, not afraid" in facing wave of climate lawsuits
There are more than two dozen cases filed by US cities and states pending, with allegations that Big Oil knew about the dangers of burning fossil fuel...
Winter is coming: Can gas, power sectors move from finger pointing to joint coordination?
Heading into this winter, relatively mild weather is forecast, but utility regulators have warned that an extended bout of extreme winter weather coul...
New underground mapping may mean more oil and gas, fewer cut trees
The climate impact of fossil fuels is in the spotlight as world leaders prepare to head to the COP28 climate negotiations in the United Arab Emirates....
US Elections 2024: For Republicans, energy dialogue still possible
With this year’s elections barely in the rear-view mirror, the 2024 US elections are just one year away. Already, there are questions about how energy...
US Elections 2024: For Democrats, climate ‘a frontline priority’
It’s November, and that means US elections are just one year away. But how will energy policy, climate change and prices at the pump play into this el...
Power of AI: Skynet precursor or energy gamechanger?
Capitol Crude and Energy Evolution join forces to co-host today's episode, all about artificial intelligence being deployed in the energy and mining s...
Biden’s got 99 problems but geopolitical doldrums ain’t one
Some 50 years after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the oil markets are again bracing for potential disruptions after Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel and...
Tiny nuclear meets big oil: Can micro reactors reduce oil and gas operations emissions?
Oil and gas production, transport and processing account for almost 15% of total energy-related greenhouse gas emissions globally, and the use of the...
Fed up with new US offshore drilling plan, will oil sector say bye, bye, bye to Gulf of Mexico?
In about two months, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is expected to formally approve a new National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program...
Decarbonizing cement and concrete - major opportunity, or death by a thousand cuts?
Fossil fuels used for power and vehicles have been in the spotlight as the Biden Administration seeks to reduce economy-wide carbon emissions to net-z...
Show me the money: Oil sector walks tightrope to drive shareholder returns
Compared with 2014, the last time oil prices surged to the triple digits, the top 50 US oil and gas companies analyzed by EY more than tripled their e...
Arctic battle not over: AIDEA comes out swinging in fight to drill within ANWR
On Sept. 6, the Biden administration took steps to fulfill the president’s campaign promise to block oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildl...
There she blows: Interior whales on oil industry with offshore leasing restrictions
The Interior Department is set to hold Lease Sale 261 on Sept. 27, but oil and gas producers are not happy with the leasing terms and stipulations tha...
Is the oil market ready to say goodbye to King Dollar?
The G7-led coalition’s price cap imposed on Russian crude is set to be tested as oil prices rise. At the same time, the greenback’s supremacy in globa...
Reality check: Oil, gas pays the bills as green ambitions not filling order books
A new report from the Energy Industries Council found that energy supply chain bosses are not seeing all the hype and ambitious net-zero pledges trans...
SPR refill: You can dust it off and try again
The country’s emergency crude stockpile -- called the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPR -- played heavily in President Joe Biden’s strategy last yea...
Can you pay my bills? I don’t think you do, so OPEC cuts continue
OPEC on Aug. 4 renewed production cuts that are expected to tighten global oil supplies and in turn keep upwards pressure on oil prices which have see...
Can AI, the metaverse help power the future?
Mentions of artificial intelligence and the metaverse may conjure images of the latest video game or social media platform, but the technologies are i...
Making ESG work for oil, gas sector: Pipe dream or opportunity to lead?
With the rise of millennials as a formidable social force, the effectiveness of anti-oil-and-gas activism and the growing attention paid to environmen...
Wyoming holds first post-IRA oil and gas lease sale … and the results are meh
The Bureau of Land Management held a federal oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming on June 29. It marks the second onshore lease sale for the state since...
What the Russian uprising could mean for US oil policy
An aborted rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group last month, although short-lived, highlighted potential political instability within the Kremlin an...
Will SAF market be grounded or cleared for take-off? Tax credit rules could hold answer
A bipartisan group of senators recently wrote the Treasury Department to push for the use of the most accurate and up-to-date lifecycle greenhouse gas...
What about your friends: A key question as clean tech race heats up
The Inflation Reduction Act and bipartisan infrastructure law injected an historic level of government funding and tax credits into the clean energy m...
Is the global price cap on Russian oil sustainable?
US sanctions and export controls against Russia have centered on a dual mandate of squeezing the Kremlin’s oil export revenues and ensuring the contin...
A net-zero future could see gas utilities tap the heat beneath our feet
How can we heat and cool homes in a safe, non-emitting and affordable way? Well, one nonprofit says networked geothermal systems are the answer.
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Permitting reform: An exercise in untangling 50 years of scar tissue
Streamlining the federal permitting process is key to both deploying more renewable and carbon-free energy and ensuring needed fossil fuel production...
If you build it, they will come: EV momentum ‘not going away’
Momentum for electric vehicles is on the rise as policy, industry investment and market perspectives are aligning for a potential EV revolution. But c...
Sue, baby, sue? Supreme Court sets stage for flood of climate lawsuits against oil majors
The US Supreme Court recently decided it would not weigh into a dispute between oil companies and local governments over the appropriate venue to hear...
How will fossil fuel-aligned voters respond to 'headlines in search of policy' in 2024?
With the recent indictment of former President Donald Trump, and with the prospect of more to come, the political waters of the country appear to be a...