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1973 oil crisis

Baghdad Conference

Wednesday Sep 14, 1960
Baghdad, Iraq

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), was founded by five oil-producing countries at a Baghdad conference on September 14, 1960. The five founding members of OPEC were Venezuela, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Kuwait.


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