Oil Embargo

With Iran, How Hard Do Sanctions Really Bite?

Daniel J. Graeber | Posted 05.11.2012

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Daniel J. Graeber

Planned oil embargoes by the European Union could be seen as largely symbolic moves by opponents of the Islamic republic, though it's the pressure on Tehran's finances that appear to be striking the biggest blow.

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Iran Blasts 'Psychological Warfare,' Vows To Ban Oil Exports Ahead Of Embargo

Reuters | Posted 04.08.2012

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By Parisa Hafezi TEHRAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Iran castigated its U.S. adversary on Tuesday over new financial measures to disrupt Irani...

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EU Moves To Isolate Assad Regime, Imposes Oil Embargo

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 11.02.2011

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BEIRUT — The European Union banned oil imports from Syria on Friday in a move that will cost the embattled regime millions of dollars each day a...

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An Alternate History of the Energy Crisis

Michael Kanellos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: u.s. Foreign Policy, Energy Efficiency, Automobiles, General Motors, Arab Oil States, Nascar, Mileage, Oil, Iran, Ethanol, Israel, Ford, James Forrestal, Oil Embargo, Communism, Marshall Plan, Green News
Michael Kanellos

What if the United States had been forced to cut down on gas starting in 1948? U.S. auto companies likely wouldn't have become the bumbling boneheads of the industrial world.

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Boomtown Blues and Black Sunday Revisited

Andrew Gulliford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Economy, Oil Crash, William T. Slick, Unemployment, Oil Drilling, Oil Boom, Opec, Front Range, Exxon, Oil Shale, Colony Oil Shale Project, Oil Embargo, Denver News
Andrew Gulliford

Twenty-eight years ago this month, on the 1st Sunday in May, Exxon, the largest corporation in the world, pulled the plug on its massive oil shale project. Overnight, 2,600 people lost their jobs.

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Energy Lessons for Europe and the U.S. from the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo

Charles D. Ferguson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles D. Ferguson

While feeling angry is justified in a crisis, the governments would be best advised not to get mad at Russia but to get more secure in energy supplies and smarter in energy usage.

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