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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Recent reports on the prospective economic benefits of liquefied natural gas exports from the United States were able to persuade The New York Times that…
Retail gasoline prices in some U.S. markets are expected to approach the $3.00 per gallon mark by the end of the year. Declining oil prices,…
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries expressed concern over the fragile state of the global economy during their most recent meeting in Vienna. Ministers there…
With 20 governments expressing their commitment to reduce the amount of crude oil purchased from Iran, the U.S. government said oil production from the Islamic…
Starting Tuesday, U.S. regulators will hold regular meetings on oil and natural gas pipeline safety standards. A series of pipeline issues, ranging from a deadly…
The U.S. Energy Department said crude oil production from the United States could reach 7.5 million barrels per day before the end of the decade.…
The top climate official for the United Nations said she was frustrated by how far behind major economic powers were in addressing the warnings from…
The British government announced it was withholding aid to Rwanda out of concern the government there was backing the rebel M23 movement in neighboring Democratic…
Oil prices declined this week following a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that major world economies were expected to make an…
Provincial leaders in energy-rich Canada are reviewing ways to send oil from Alberta province to eastern refineries in an effort to ensure energy independence. Most…
In mid-December, the U.S. military will have only one aircraft carrier positioned in the Persian Gulf region for the first time in two years. At…
A proposal to ban new hydraulic fracturing operations in the European Union was rejected by members of the European Parliament. Natural gas production among member…
A report released from the World Bank warns that the consequences of warmer temperature trends are expected to grow severe even if governments stand by…
The American Petroleum Institute reported that October demand for petroleum products was at its lowest level for any October in 17 years. John Felmy, the…
A U.S. financial regulator dismissed a challenge from groups advocating on behalf of the petroleum industry who said transparency rules regarding payments made to foreign…
Apart from states along the east coast, U.S. commuters were paying less for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline during the first week of November…
OPEC, in its World Oil Report, said there's an overall sense that developing shale oil and natural gas could start to redefine the global energy…
Representatives from Russian energy company Gazprom met this week with Kazakh officials to discuss the natural gas potential in the region. Gazprom said delivering gas…
The attorney general for the state of New York said Monday he had "zero tolerance" for inflating costs for essential items like gasoline in the…
Canadian pipeline company TransCanada announced its Mexican subsidiary was given a contract by the federal power company there to build a 329-mile natural gas pipeline…