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 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.