{"podcast":{"title":"The HC Commodities Podcast","slug":"the-hc-commodities-podcast-1242341","podcast_index_feed_id":1242341,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/QXaWSc4o","website_url":"https://www.hcgroup.global/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/bc8f2a4b-bd5a-4f0e-ad64-7fa59698e65d/a85833c2-463c-48a7-b364-5972dd671c12/3000x3000/hc_podcast_logo_300th_anniversary_post_event.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Paul Chapman, HC Group","episode_count":340,"summary":"Each day, around the world, we have fascinating one-on-one conversations with our connections in the commodities sector. Our collaborators are uniquely informed, creative and inspirational in their fields. We want to provide our community a seat alongside us, listening in to these conversations in that special way podcasting provides as we tackle topical and people related issues with the leaders and leading minds in our sector. Visit www.hcgroup.global more information on us and our services. To connect with our host Paul Chapman, you can find him at www.linkedin.com/in/paulchapmanhc/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T10:20:01.321788+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hc-commodities-podcast-1242341"},"episode":{"title":"Why is oil so cheap? With David Wech","slug":"why-is-oil-so-cheap-with-david-wech","published_at":"2026-06-16T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hc-commodities-podcast-1242341/why-is-oil-so-cheap-with-david-wech","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hc-commodities-podcast-1242341","url":"https://www.hcgroup.global/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/911da7df-97ee-4074-95b8-cb7db4fd953e/f16f4497-1462-46a1-9e27-57c332c5c121/episodes/audio/group/74e48265-934a-445d-af34-4b796c18ee4a/group-item/3d789113-8e54-468d-8777-eebe52f8ac39/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=QXaWSc4o","summary":"Today, we return to the subject of oil and the impact of the Iran War. How have flows and demand changed and why are prices so relatively low? Is this a function of great PR work on behalf of the US Administration? Or is something else happening? Why, contrary to all expectations, oil prices remain relatively subdued? And how long can this go on for? Here to answer those questions is David Wech, Chief Economist at Vortexa, the energy and shipping data and analytics firm.","meta_description":"Today, we return to the subject of oil and the impact of the Iran War. How have flows and demand changed and why are prices so relatively low? Is this a f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2891,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hc-commodities-podcast-1242341/episodes/why-is-oil-so-cheap-with-david-wech/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hc-commodities-podcast-1242341/why-is-oil-so-cheap-with-david-wech.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}