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  2. 1979 oil crisis - Wikipedia

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    A drop in oil production in the wake of the Iranian revolution led to an energy crisis in 1979. Although the global oil supply only decreased by approximately four percent, [2] the oil markets' reaction raised the price of crude oil drastically over the next 12 months, more than doubling it to $39.50 per barrel ($248/m 3).

  3. 1970–1979 world oil market chronology - Wikipedia

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    Involves gradual 28 month increase of "old" oil price ceilings, and slower rate of increase of "new" oil price ceilings. June 26–28 : OPEC raises prices average of 15 percent, effective July 1. Oct : Buy-Sell Program sales average more than 400,000 bbl/d (64,000 m 3 /d) from October 1979 through March 1980 - highest level since February 1976 ...

  4. Chronology of world oil market events - Wikipedia

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    Involves gradual 28 month increase of "old" oil price ceilings, and slower rate of increase of "new" oil price ceilings. June 26–28 : OPEC raises prices average of 15 percent, effective July 1. October : Buy-Sell Program sales average more than 400,000 bbl/d (64,000 m 3 /d) from October 1979 through March 1980 - highest level since February ...

  5. This Day In Market History: OPEC Raises Crude Oil Prices By 9%

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    Over a 12-month stretch starting in early 1979, the price of oil in the U.S. skyrocketed from $15.85 to $39.50, triggering panic among U.S. drivers who remembered the horrible shortages that ...

  6. 1970s energy crisis - Wikipedia

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    Graph of oil prices from 1861 to 2007, showing a sharp increase in 1973, and again in 1979. The orange line is adjusted for inflation . Independently, the OPEC members agreed to use their leverage over the world price-setting mechanism for oil to stabilize their real incomes by raising world oil prices.

  7. What Inflation Has Looked Like Under Every President From ...

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    Prices continued to rise and outpaced wage growth, at only 2.0%, during his first term. To stimulate the economy, Obama introduced the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which included $831 ...

  8. Price of oil - Wikipedia

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    Oil traders, Houston, 2009 Nominal price of oil from 1861 to 2020 from Our World in Data. The price of oil, or the oil price, generally refers to the spot price of a barrel (159 litres) of benchmark crude oil—a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil such as West Texas Intermediate (WTI), Brent Crude, Dubai Crude, OPEC Reference Basket, Tapis crude, Bonny Light, Urals oil ...

  9. Oil prices could drop 20% in the next 2 years if the US ... - AOL

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    Goldman Sachs predicts that oil prices could fall about 20% to the low $60s by the end of 2026. The analysts point to Trump's proposals for tariffs, posing demand risks in an already oversupplied ...