June 20, 2022· 50 min

Why It's So Hard to Get the Oil Taps Turned Back On

Peter Tertzakian

Orality

Model

70%

Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(2,300 words)

M:94%

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,426 words)

M:29%

GuestPeter Tertzakian(4,448 words)

M:27%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic35%

literally, completely, massive

Engagement64%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, like

Repetition100%

like (109x), know (71x), it's (67x)

Parallelism92%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., And one of the things that rea..., But what one of the things amo...

Sound Patterns80%

72 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases7%

i mean, the thing is, so to speak

Literate Indicators

Hedging7%

may, might, quite

Passive Voice4%

be replaced, been viewed, been broken

Abstract Nouns21%

investment, recommendation, community

Subordination8%

while, because, therefore

Sentence Length40%

Avg: 14.9 words/sentence

Word Complexity48%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style36%

574 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style100%

literally, completely, apply

Description

Oil prices are sky high. And there's plenty of oil in the ground in North America. And so far the supply response has been disappointing. Frustration is boiling over among drivers and politicians, and it's made life more complicated for the complicated. So what's the hold up? On this episode, we speak to longtime energy investor and industry participant Peter Tertzakian about the reality on the ground. He explains that there are numerous operational factors constraining oil supply, including degraded quality of equipment and a shortage of labor, not to mention a reluctance among investors to splurge on new production. We discuss the specific constraints, as well as what it will take to get supply going on. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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