March 16, 2020· 39 min
How Saudi Arabia Delivered A Blow To U.S. Shale Companies At The Worst Possible Moment
Orality
Model
60%
Mixed oral/literate (blogs, casual essays)
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(1,152 words)
M:28%
HostJoe Weisenthal(984 words)
M:28%
GuestBuddy Clark(4,064 words)
M:28%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic29%
literally, completely, absolutely
Engagement50%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, so
Repetition100%
they (46x), it's (45x), their (34x)
Parallelism94%
And I'm Joe Weisenthal...., So, Joe, we have seen an absol..., And then, of course, over the ...
Sound Patterns39%
26 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases6%
i mean, to be honest
Literate Indicators
Hedging6%
maybe, probably, may
Passive Voice10%
are based, was precipitated, was when
Abstract Nouns23%
investment, recommendation, production
Subordination15%
provided, since, because
Sentence Length50%
Avg: 17.6 words/sentence
Word Complexity48%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers5%
according to
Impersonal Style50%
332 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style86%
literally, completely, absolutely
Description
Saudi Arabia recently announced that it was engaging in a full-on price war by pumping oil like crazy. At one point, after the move, the price of Brent Crude plunged 31%. This was a body blow to U.S. shale companies, who are already reeling from falling prices and tightening credit markets. On this week's episode of Odd Lots, we speak with Buddy Clark, a Houston lawyer at the offices of Haynes and Boone about why this came at the worst possible time for the industry, and what could happen next. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.