OPEC in Comfortable Middle Age, Turns 50 Tomorrow: Timeline

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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries turns 50 years old tomorrow, having survived a tumultuous history of wars, embargoes and in-fighting. The world’s oldest and largest energy producer group is now enjoying prices close to the $75 a barrel level that its largest member Saudi Arabia considers “ideal.”

OPEC’s Timeline: