OPEC
Some of the key events about OPEC
- 1960Founding of OPEC to coordinate petroleum policies among member countries
- 1967OPEC members imposed an oil embargo on Western countries supporting Israel in the Six-Day War
- 1973Implementation of an oil embargo that demonstrated OPEC's influence on global oil markets
- 1973OPEC orchestrated an oil embargo against countries supporting Israel in the Yom Kippur War, causing global economic crisis
- 1975Establishment of the OPEC Fund for International Development to promote cooperation between OPEC members and other developing countries
- 1979OPEC's actions during the Iranian Revolution led to the second oil shock, doubling crude prices
- 1982Introduction of production quotas to stabilize oil prices
- 1986Adoption of a new pricing system based on market-related prices
- 1986OPEC's decision to increase production caused oil prices to collapse, negatively impacting oil-dependent economies
- 1990OPEC's failure to respond quickly to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait led to a spike in oil prices
- 1997OPEC's miscalculation of Asian demand during the Asian financial crisis resulted in an oil glut and price crash
- 2000Creation of the OPEC Long-Term Strategy to enhance the organization's role in global energy markets
- 2005Establishment of the OPEC Energy Review, a quarterly academic journal on energy economics
- 2007Hosting of the Third OPEC Summit in Riyadh, focusing on stability and prosperity in the oil market
- 2008OPEC's slow response to the global financial crisis contributed to extreme oil price volatility
- 2014OPEC's decision not to cut production in the face of rising U.S. shale oil output led to a prolonged price slump
- 2016Agreement on production cuts to address global oil oversupply and stabilize prices
- 2020Coordination of historic production cuts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on oil demand
- 2020OPEC's initial failure to reach an agreement on production cuts at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered an oil price war
- 2022OPEC's decision to cut oil production despite global energy crisis sparked international criticism
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