About this episode
Oil is back at the center of geopolitics, but the biggest story may not be where everyone is looking.
In this episode of The Watch Floor, I look at what is happening around the Strait of Hormuz, why that narrow stretch of water still matters so much to the global economy, and how the pressure on energy markets connects to a very different development much closer to home: Venezuela and its enormous oil reserves.
This isn't just a story about the price of a barrel of oil. It's about who controls supply, who controls the routes that move it, how much leverage the United States actually has, and what happens when energy becomes part of the battlefield.
Because while everyone is watching the headlines, there is another fight taking place underneath them.
This is the oil war behind the headlines.
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