March 2016
World Oil's 100-Year Anniversary

OPEC: Unification of the world’s petroleum producers

In the 1960s, Arab nations, which relied heavily on oil revenue, were being frustrated by oil price cuts made by Western oil companies. Another problem was the import caps imposed by the U.S. government, which also depressed prices.

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