Daniel J. Graeber

Latest articles from Daniel

• U.S. Violating its Own Sanctions on Iran

  Published 02 February 2013 | viewed 9,143 times

  An audit of U.S. defense spending in Afghanistan finds the Pentagon may have spent a significant amount of money on fuel for the military there…

• Egypt's Revolution Going Nowhere Fast

  Published 30 January 2013 | viewed 10,615 times

  The Egyptian currency this week hit a record low as the country grapples with post-revolution frustrations. That means it's becoming more expensive for the government…

• Are There Really Benefits to U.S. LNG Exports?

  Published 28 January 2013 | viewed 7,281 times

  Supermajor Royal Dutch Shell announced it landed a deal with Kinder Morgan to get liquefied natural gas out of a terminal in the southern United…

• The Coming Oil War ... Against al-Qaeda

  Published 26 January 2013 | viewed 7,539 times

  A consortium minding security issues for journalists working in hostile territory warned that credible reports revealed a threat to oil installations in Libya. Islamists based…

• Big Taxes, Big Oil

  Published 24 January 2013 | viewed 7,170 times

  A policy report from the scholars at The Brookings Institution finds that a surge in U.S. oil and natural gas production is a "bright spot"…

• The Coming Oil War in Iraq: Part II

  Published 22 January 2013 | viewed 13,245 times

  The Turkish energy minister confirmed that oil was flowing again through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline from northern Iraq following an attack on the transit network. The…

• Why This is All Libya's Fault

  Published 19 January 2013 | viewed 8,083 times

  A Libyan defense force charged with making sure the nation's oil sector is secured said it was strengthening its lines along the western and southern…

• Why OPEC is Worried About the U.S. Congress

  Published 16 January 2013 | viewed 13,872 times

  The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in its report for January said the United States in 2013 may post the highest oil supply increase among…

• Colorado Enacts Tough New Fracking Measures

  Published 14 January 2013 | viewed 7,953 times

  The state government in Colorado announced that it enacted some of the most stringent laws related to oil and natural gas operations in the country.…

• What to Expect from a Post-Chavez Venezuela

  Published 12 January 2013 | viewed 10,897 times

  It's unlikely that ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will return to power after missing his Thursday inauguration because of ongoing cancer treatment in Cuba. That…

• Hunger Strike Puts Spotlight on Canadian Crude

  Published 09 January 2013 | viewed 8,373 times

  A U.N. special envoy on the rights of indigenous peoples expressed concern about the ongoing hunger strike of a tribal leader protesting certain natural resource…

• Oil Industry Unfazed by Shell's Arctic Follies

  Published 08 January 2013 | viewed 5,981 times

  U.S.-based supermajor Shell (NYSE:RDS.A) said it was making progress with the tow and recovery of the drill ship Kulluk, which struck ground last week off…

• U.S. Congress Breaths Life into Wind Energy

  Published 05 January 2013 | viewed 14,174 times

  The U.S. government announced this week it was issuing a request to see whether or not there was any competitive interest in leasing more than…

• Will Washington Now Hold Shell's "Feet to the Fire?"

  Published 02 January 2013 | viewed 5,953 times

  Environmental advocacy groups expressing concern over frontier oil developments in the Alaskan arctic started the New Year on news that Shell's (NYSE:RDS.A) problems in the…

• Why Riyadh Cares about the "Fiscal Cliff"

  Published 31 December 2012 | viewed 9,911 times

  Oil revenue made up more than 90 percent of the total revenues for Saudi Arabia despite a steady decline in production. With a choppy 2012…

• Did Big Oil Kill Off Green Energy?

  Published 29 December 2012 | viewed 14,768 times

  The American Petroleum Industry announced the U.S. oil and natural gas sector spent billions of dollars last year on environmental programs. The energy lobby said…

• What 2013 and Sec. Kerry Hold for Keystone XL

  Published 28 December 2012 | viewed 7,190 times

  When the Obama administration formally enters its second term in a few short weeks, U.S. lawmakers will have presumably averted sending the national economy into…

• The Coming Oil War in Iraq

  Published 24 December 2012 | viewed 9,488 times

  One year after U.S. forces left Iraq, oil production is such that the country is situated behind only Saudi Arabia among OPEC member states. New…

• Tracking Syria's Oil Means Tracking Its War

  Published 24 December 2012 | viewed 5,679 times

  Gulfsands Petroleum announced it acquired an "extensive portfolio" of oil and natural gas concessions in northern Morocco. The company trades on the London stock exchange…

• Gas Just Part of EU-Russian Problems

  Published 20 December 2012 | viewed 6,061 times

  The Ukrainian government postponed a natural gas price meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who's slated to meet with European leaders later this week. Kiev…