A convenient way to operate your oil tankers

Assistant Business Editors Chris Nelson and Kelsey Warner talk to Energy reporter Jennifer Gnana about why tanker operators choose to run ships under flags of convenience, following recent attacks and incidents involving such vessels in the Arabian Gulf.

Also discussed is how such incidents and wider trade tensions affect oil prices - or not - and they take a look at Saudi Arabia's blooming wind power sector, which alongside solar in the kingdom and elsewhere is set to transform the face of power generation in the Middle East.

In this episode:

- Headlines (0 minutes 29 seconds)

- Oil tankers flying flags  (5m 37s)

- Saudi renewable energy (13m 59s)

 Read more on our website:
• Oil prices rise following Iran's seizure of British-flagged tanker

• Quicktake: What are 'flags of convenience'?

• Syria looms large behind Iranian seizure of British tanker

• Islamic finance key to funding green energy projects
• Saudi Arabia's first wind project reaches financial close