Oil Revenues

Oil Boom Wreaks Havoc On North Dakota Towns

AP | DALE WETZEL | Posted 03.28.2012

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — In the last two years, Williston school superintendent Viola LaFontaine has had to manage an influx of 480 new students brough...

The Iraqi Oil Conundrum: Energy and Power in the Middle East

Michael Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Schwartz

Will the vast Iraqi oil reserves be developed and sent into the hungry world market any time soon? If they are, who will determine the rate of flow, and so wield the power this decision-making confers?

First Milestone Approaches In Iraq Withdrawal Timetable

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

America pulling combat forces out of Iraqi cities is going to have multiple effects within the country. At this point, nobody can accurately predict what those effects are going to be with 100 percent reliability.

Global Financial Crisis Threatens Stability In Iraq

New York Times | CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and JAMES GLANZ | Posted 05.25.2011

In few nations around the globe are the consequences of the financial crisis as potentially sobering as they are in Iraq. Both oil revenues and Americ...