There's some speculation that one reason the US invaded Iraq was to defend the petrodollar from the advent of the petroeuro.    From Wordnik.com.  [strength in numbers] Reference

It started back in the 70's with "petrodollar recycling.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Will Upstart Euro End the Reign of Almighty Dollar?] Reference

In addition, the resulting petrodollar flood had to be managed.    From Wordnik.com.  [F. William Engdahl's "A Century of War" - Part II] Reference

Angst about "petrodollar recycling" made headlines in the 1970s.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cost to U.S. of 'Petrodollar Recycling'] Reference

Now, a new attempt is being made against the petrodollar system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference

Second, the petrodollar cycle is the other pillar of the US economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reasons behind American warmongering against Iran] Reference

Her clients are not members of the country's new, petrodollar-fuelled rich.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The petrodollar-rich Mideast's interest in Asia isn't difficult to understand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mideast Investment in Asia Rebounds] Reference

Their petrodollar windfall has to go somewhere, and so it is gobbling up U.S. assets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citi of Arabia] Reference

But this begs a question: How far will our regime go to defend this petrodollar monopoly?.    From Wordnik.com.  [No World Order] Reference

Russians, awash in petrodollar prosperity, are today unlikely to stray from his amoral path.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Memory Purge] Reference

That would destroy our petrodollar and a tremendous amount of our global influence and power.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference

Big petrodollar-driven deals with Gulf state investors have raised some hackles in Washington.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Jersey Fund Bets on Big Banks] Reference

This effectively replaced the gold standard with a "highly unstable (petrodollar) exchange system.".    From Wordnik.com.  [F. William Engdahl's "A Century of War" - Part II] Reference

Even worse was that Argentina was "targeted by international lenders for massive petrodollar loans.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Debt Enslavement - From Gold Reserves to Petrodollars; Reviewing Ellen Brown's "Web of Debt:" Part III] Reference

Remember, the petrodollar classes no longer drink vodka (so lower-class) but very expensive red wine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Raising a Glass] Reference

Currently the petrodollar is dominated by US currency, but Iran and other OPEC countries want that to end.    From Wordnik.com.  [War with Iran: It��s More Than Nuclear] Reference

The petrodollar boom has boosted the fortunes of Persian Gulf states, Russia and other oil-producing nations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will Overseas Funds Be a Juggernaut?] Reference

India and Russia have reportedly been selling US assets, as well as petrodollar-rich Middle Eastern investors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2004-11-01] Reference

That has robbed them of the ability to use rate cuts to cool their own exploding, petrodollar-fueled economies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fall in Oil Prices Douses Persian Gulf's Inflation] Reference

European national identities being destroyed by unholy alliance of Muslim Ummah and petrodollar-bribed Eurocrats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not in my name 'Tony Blair' & your Dhimmi government.] Reference

Was it important for the U.S. to make an example of this petrodollar defector before others chose defection, too?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » From Hype To Hysteria: Fox News Selling Preemptive War Against Iran] Reference

Yes, Putin & company are ruthless autocrats and Russia is a petrodollar state trailing streams of its former glory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caryl Rivers: We'll Always Have Hungary] Reference

It is not yet clear if a US military expedition will occur in a desperate attempt to maintain petrodollar supremacy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firedoglake » Do You Want Iran to Look Like Iraq?] Reference

But the petrodollar is in peril, too, as more and more oil-producing countries seek to sell their oil in euros or rubles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meet the Weimar Dollar] Reference

When the bourse opens, Iran will be trading on a euro-oil-trading system, the first step toward an alternative petrodollar.    From Wordnik.com.  [War with Iran: It��s More Than Nuclear] Reference

China, Japan and wealthy petrodollar states will have to partner with the Treasury and Fed as lenders/bankers of last resort.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hard Times] Reference

The other inconvenient truth is the connection of the petrodollar loan at Citigroup and the American environmentalist movement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citi of Arabia No Magic Carpet Ride, but a Cautionary Tale of Errors] Reference

We reaped the benefits of a steady petroleum supply at a discounted price, and we grabbed at every available Saudi petrodollar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fall of the House of Saud] Reference

We may be waving goodbye to the petrodollar, and that is bad news for the country that prints those dollars - the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Two Class World? Get Used To It.] Reference

But the Islamic regime's substantial petrodollar piggy bank means Tehran may be able to weather an oil-price downturn for a while.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weaker Oil May Crimp Iran's Spending] Reference

The inflationary consequences of that gamble are now here, with the petrodollar monetary merry-go-round fueled by the weaker dollar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dollar and the Market Mess] Reference

The Iraq invasion was also meant as a warning to OPEC not to try and sell oil for any other currency but the US petrodollar or else.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Hersh: Bush, Cheney Stovepiping Intelligence On Iran, Hiding Information From CIA] Reference

The survival of the petrodollar, the US economy and way of life, America as we know it, is dependent on the success of this operation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Onward, Christian Soldiers!] Reference

Take into account the American national deficit, and the petrodollar world reserve currency situation, and it starts to become quite scary.    From Wordnik.com.  [David McWilliams: Funny Money] Reference

By Kevin Williamson The specter of "petrodollar warfare" is back in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Sensex closes flat in Mahurat trading] Reference

Of course, one must keep in mind the pressure of the great petrodollar lobbies, whose influence upon journalism is subtle but deep.    From Wordnik.com.  [English-writing Israeli-bloggers]