Daniel Graeber is a writer and political analyst based in Michigan. His work on matters related to the geopolitical aspects of the global energy sector, as well as Iraq and broader Middle East developments, has been featured extensively with United Press International (UPI) as well as foreign media outlets. His academic contributions include an assessment of the U.S. doctrine of containment. He also teaches media literacy courses at Grand Valley State University.
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Crude oil prices don't care what's #trending.Just as negativity lingers, volatility breeds more volatility. Wild periods repeat and feed upon themselves. In the global marketplace,…
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple says he wants to vastly expand the oil pipeline capacity in his state. With oil production churning along at 1…
U.S. oil production will beat output from the Middle East for the rest of the decade. And while that gives the United States some leverage…
Coal-fired power in the United States should start to ebb as regulations targeting pollution come into effect. More power, in turn, is coming online in…
In another sign that the United States has evolved into a major oil-producing nation, the first company to receive government permission to fly commercial drones…
The British government wants to put cybercriminals who target the nation's energy sector behind bars for life. Many of the worst power outages in history,…
The Norwegian energy company DNO International says it has exceeded 100,000 barrels of oil per day from its operations in the Kurdish north of Iraq,…
More oil was delivered by rail in the United States during the first four months of the year than in any other period in history,…
June 1 marked the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. When Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, more than half the oil production in the Gulf…
The price for a barrel of oil fell on word that more production was coming from key OPEC members, but a report from the International…
The United States is behind the curve when it comes to the percentage of renewable energy resources on its national grid. And with domestic oil…
A decision by the Norwegian government on exploration in the Barents Sea has dented, but not deterred, the ongoing campaign by Greenpeace to stop oil…
Depending on who's talking, lifting the longstanding limits on U.S. crude exports would be a boon to the economy and a benefit to U.S. drivers,…
The U.S. government has begun the process of planning wind energy developments off the southern coast of New York, but if the history of East…
With all respect for fans of “Battlestar Galactica,” the folks at Merriam-Webster have listed the word spelled "fracking" as the method for extracting oil and…
Two bills working their way through state legislatures more than 2,000 miles apart show that, although it’s the envy of much of the world, the…
All parties with a collective interest in seeing the North Dakota oil experiment succeed need to work together because, right now, the boss at the…
A majority of Americans believes that increased natural gas exports would create U.S. jobs and stimulate the domestic economy, or at least that’s what a…
Just as shale is becoming part of the everyday global energy conversation, surveys show the public is increasingly wary of the controversial drilling practice behind…
A study touted by the oil industry as one that will end the debate over delivering Bakken crude oil by rail may be as much…