Please Explain: The Price of Oil

On this week’s Please Explain, oil analyst George Orwel (a senior writer for the Oil Daily and Petroleum Intelligence Weekly) explains what determines the price of oil, and how it affects consumers and investors. He's the author of Black Gold: The New Frontier in Oil for Investors. And he's joined by Chris Skrebowski, editor of the Petroleum Review, and an oil market analyst for the Saudis for eight years.