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  2. 1973 oil crisis - Wikipedia

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    West Texas Intermediate oil price history from 1950–2000, adjusted for inflation (1947 prices). In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against countries that had supported Israel at any point during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which began after Egypt and Syria launched a large-scale surprise attack ...

  3. 1970s energy crisis - Wikipedia

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    Oil prices generally increased throughout the decade; between 1978 and 1980 the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil increased 250 percent. [50] Although all states felt the effects of the stock market crash and related national economic problems, the economic benefits of increased oil revenue in the Oil Patch states generally offset much ...

  4. A Look Back at the 1970s Energy Crisis - AOL

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    Even though the oil embargo was lifted in March 1974, the damage was done and prices remained high throughout most of the decade. Anger over gas prices followed President Jimmy Carter into office ...

  5. Why do we have right-on-red, and is it time to get rid of it?

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    In this Dec. 23, 1973, file photo, cars line up in two directions at a gas station in New York City. Right-on-red was a gas-savings tool during the 1970s oil crisis.

  6. Energy Policy and Conservation Act - Wikipedia

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    Few events so dramatically underscored the need for a strategic oil reserve as the 1973-74 oil embargo. U.S support for the Israelis during the war of Arab-Israeli war of 1973, which resulted in the 1973-74 oil embargo against the U.S and other countries supporting the Israelis. The cutoff of oil flowing into the United States from OPEC sent ...

  7. Long lines at gas pump unlikely, but Middle East crisis could ...

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    In a speech Wednesday marking the 50th anniversary of the 1973 oil embargo, Sommers said current U.S. production contrasts sharply with “America’s weakened position during the Arab oil embargo.''

  8. Malaise era - Wikipedia

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    The 1973 oil crisis caused a sudden and marked increase in the cost of oil and, by extension, gasoline. By the end of the crisis, in March 1974, the price of oil had nearly quadrupled, from U.S. $3 per barrel ($21 in 2023 dollars [ 49 ] ) to nearly $12 globally ($82 in 2023 dollars [ 49 ] ); U.S. prices were significantly higher. [ 50 ]

  9. 1979 oil crisis - Wikipedia

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    The Jimmy Carter administration began a phased deregulation of oil prices on April 5, 1979, when the average price of crude oil was US$15.85 per barrel ($100/m 3). Starting with the Iranian revolution, the price of crude oil rose to $39.50 per barrel ($248/m 3) over the next 12 months (its all-time highest real price until March 3, 2008). [11]