Arab oil embargo

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The Arab oil embargo was a 1973–1974 petroleum export restriction by Arab members of OPEC that triggered a global energy crisis and reshaped international economic and political relations.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Arab oil embargo canonical 1
OPEC oil embargo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf energy crisis ⓘ
international crisis ⓘ
oil embargo ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1973 oil crisis ⓘ
Arab oil crisis ⓘ
linked to: 1973 oil crisis
appliesToJurisdiction Canada ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Qatar ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
effect development of strategic petroleum reserves ⓘ
expansion of Alaskan oil production ⓘ
expansion of North Sea oil production ⓘ
fuel shortages ⓘ
gasoline rationing ⓘ
global energy crisis ⓘ
increased interest in energy conservation ⓘ
inflation in importing countries ⓘ
introduction of daylight saving time extensions in some countries ⓘ
long lines at gas stations ⓘ
oil price shock ⓘ
recession in many industrialized countries ⓘ
reduced speed limits in the United States ⓘ
shift toward nuclear power in some countries ⓘ
stagflation in the 1970s ⓘ
strengthening of OPEC influence on world oil markets ⓘ
endTime 1974-03 ⓘ
follows Yom Kippur War ⓘ
hasCause Western support for Israel in the Yom Kippur War ⓘ
hasTheme Arab–Western relations ⓘ
geopolitics of oil ⓘ
resource nationalism ⓘ
imposedBy Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries ⓘ
influenced Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards in the United States ⓘ
U.S. Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 ⓘ
Western foreign policy toward the Middle East ⓘ
creation of the International Energy Agency ⓘ
debates on energy independence in importing countries ⓘ
location global ⓘ
mainSubject oil prices ⓘ
petroleum exports ⓘ
participant European Economic Community ⓘ
Japan government ⓘ
OPEC ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
significantEvent 1973–1974 stock market downturn ⓘ
quadrupling of posted oil prices ⓘ
startTime 1973-10 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Yom Kippur War → consequence → Arab oil embargo ⓘ
1973 oil crisis → triggeredBy → OPEC oil embargo ⓘ
linked to: Arab oil embargo