TY - BOOK AU - Wagner, Heather Lehr. TI - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries SN - 9781604131024 AV - HD 9560.5 .W125 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Chelsea House KW - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries KW - Petroleum industry and trade N1 - The oil market -- OPECś early years -- From abundance to crisis -- OPECś golden age -- War and oil -- OPEC today -- The high price of oil -- OPEC on the world stage N2 - 2. detrmines the price of that oil; 3. examine its role in the international politics; 4. determines its role in the countries where it is discovered; Discusses the factors which led into the emergence of OPEC in 1960. In current time, the organization continues to function as it: 1. explores how oil moves from the ground to the gas pump ER -