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Subject: OPEC oil embargo
Category: Reference, Education and News > Current Events
Asked by: lolonaples-ga
List Price: $10.00

Posted: 14 Dec 2005 15:15 PST
Expires: 13 Jan 2006 15:15 PST
Question ID: 605930

Did OPEC withold oil because the United States showed Israel
preferential status? I believe I read this in the Washington Post late
1972-73. Is it factual?

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Subject: Re: OPEC oil embargo
From: aliofcali-ga on 28 May 2006 13:56 PDT

The book "The Prize" by Yergin does imply that OPEC was using oil
pricing and with-holding of production as a political tool to have
greater influence over the Middle East.  I recommend reading the book
- it is very long, but I think the best description of the history of
oil through modern days.

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