1973 oil crisis

E154067

The 1973 oil crisis was a major global energy shock triggered by an OPEC oil embargo that led to soaring oil prices, fuel shortages, and widespread economic disruption in many industrialized countries.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
1973 oil crisis canonical 3
Arab oil crisis 1
first oil shock 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf economic crisis ⓘ
energy crisis ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
oil crisis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1973 oil embargo ⓘ
first oil shock ⓘ
linked to: 1973 oil crisis
causeOf 1970s global recession ⓘ
decline of postwar economic boom ⓘ
growth of environmental and energy conservation movements ⓘ
rise of energy security as a policy priority ⓘ
structural changes in automobile industry ⓘ
countryMostAffected France ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
embargoAnnouncedBy Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries ⓘ
linked to: OPEC
embargoStartDate 1973-10-17 ⓘ
embargoTarget Netherlands ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Rhodesia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
United States ⓘ
endDate 1974-03 ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
location Japan ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
global ⓘ
industrialized countries ⓘ
mainCause oil embargo against other Western allies of Israel ⓘ
oil embargo against the Netherlands ⓘ
oil embargo against the United States ⓘ
oil production cuts by Arab OPEC members ⓘ
oilPriceAfterCrisis around 12 USD per barrel ⓘ
oilPriceBeforeCrisis around 3 USD per barrel ⓘ
oilPriceIncreaseFactor approximately 4 ⓘ
participant Arab members of OPEC ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
France ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ⓘ
linked to: OPEC

Qatar ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
relatedTo 1979 energy crisis ⓘ
Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
Yom Kippur War ⓘ
stagflation of the 1970s ⓘ
result changes in monetary and macroeconomic policy in OECD countries ⓘ
creation of the International Energy Agency ⓘ
development of strategic petroleum reserves ⓘ
expansion of nuclear power programs in some countries ⓘ
fuel shortages ⓘ
gasoline rationing in several countries ⓘ
high inflation ⓘ
increased interest in energy conservation ⓘ
increased investment in Alaska North Slope oil ⓘ
increased investment in North Sea oil ⓘ
long queues at petrol stations ⓘ
recession in many industrialized economies ⓘ
sharp increase in oil prices ⓘ
shift toward smaller and more fuel-efficient cars ⓘ
stagflation in the 1970s ⓘ
startDate 1973-10 ⓘ
triggeredBy OPEC oil embargo ⓘ
linked to: Arab oil embargo

Yom Kippur War ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yom Kippur War → consequence → 1973 oil crisis ⓘ
1973 oil crisis → alsoKnownAs → first oil shock ⓘ
linked to: 1973 oil crisis
Arab oil embargo → alsoKnownAs → 1973 oil crisis ⓘ
Arab oil embargo → alsoKnownAs → Arab oil crisis ⓘ
linked to: 1973 oil crisis
Three-Day Week crisis → mainCause → oil crisis of 1973 ⓘ
linked to: 1973 oil crisis