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Albert L. Danielsen
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Director, James C. Bonbright Public Utilities Center. Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Georgia. Author of The Evolution of OPEC.
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OPEC, multinational organization that was established to coordinate the petroleum policies of its members and to provide member states with technical and economic aid. OPEC was established at a conference held in Baghdad September 10–14, 1960, and was formally constituted in January 1961 by five…
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