Wanda Jablonski

Wanda Jablonski appears in The secret meeting that launched OPEC as the oil journalist whose reporting and relationships helped producer countries understand the [[SevenSistersOilMajors|Seven Sisters]] system. The episode describes her publication, Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, as a highly influential industry source.

Her role is not simply biographical. In the episode, Jablonski shows how information can change bargaining power: once officials from oil-producing countries could compare notes about company behavior, they had a stronger basis for forming OPEC and pursuing Oil Producer Supply Coordination.

Connections

• OPEC - organization whose founding story the episode links to the secret meeting.
• Seven Sisters Oil Majors - company structure Jablonski’s reporting helped make legible.
• Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Iran - producer-country context around the meeting.
• Oil Producer Supply Coordination - market-power mechanism made easier by shared information.
• NPR and Planet Money - source context for the account.