OPEC at high noon 1974-1981

After 1973, oil consumption stagnated worldwide. Non-OPEC output increased, mostly in Alaska, Mexico, and the North Sea, but not because of the price rise. The cartel nations had to assume the whole burden of cutting back output to maintain price. The demand for OPEC oil, the difference between tota...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adelman, Morris Albert
Format: Working Paper
Published: MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50174