{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Transportation Nation","title":"Punch Holes, Feed Crews, Keep the Trucks Rolling, with Harold Vice","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1803,"description":"What happens in the Strait of Hormuz doesn't stay in the Strait of Hormuz — it shows up at the pump, on the rig floor, and in every load hauled across the oil patch.\nIn this episode of Transportation Nation, Lee Gentry sits down with Harold Weiss, President of American Eagle Transport, to unpack how Middle East tensions ripple through domestic drilling, trucking capacity, and gas prices.\nWhat we cover:\n- Why offshore drilling in the Gulf barely flinches at short-term price swings (hint: leases are planned years out)\n- How onshore shale plays — Permian, Haynesville, Eagle Ford — respond fast when wildcatters see an opening\n- The real story behind tight trucking capacity and why relationships beat rock-bottom rates\n- Rig count trends and what Baker Hughes numbers say about 2026 and 2027\n- Why \"drill, baby, drill\" is more about self-sufficiency than shortage\n- Life as an owner-operator: make hay when you can\nPlus, Harold shares how American Eagle keeps 250+ field workers fed with fish fries at Port Fourchon and shale-site cookouts.\nSubscribe for weekly conversations with the people moving America.\nTimestamps\n00:52 Why cookouts matter in oil country\n03:16 How Iran unrest hits Gulf vs shale drilling\n06:07 Wildcatters chasing short-term price swings\n07:27 Capacity crunch and honest customer talk\n10:09 Onshore vs offshore: two different animals\n14:06 Drill baby drill and the permit reality\n16:26 Why global uneasiness moves the pump price\n18:44 Growth spurt: new hires and new territory\n20:36 Chasing shale plays like a game of chess\n23:22 Inside the American Eagle equipment mix\n24:41 Reading the Baker Hughes rig count\n26:21 Make hay when you can make hay","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/dp8Qu1ep64tErzXugq5JHnDw3TVsN2YgBa22Lk5CuGg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iNmY3/ZDAxNGFhMzg4ZjYx/MDJlYTZlYWIxODkw/MDBmOC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}