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The 1973 Oil Crisis
FromWitness History
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9 minutes
Released:
Oct 16, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
In October 1973 Arab nations slashed oil production in protest at American support for Israel during it's war against Egypt and Syria. Oil prices sky rocketed. Alex Last heard from former deputy secretary general of OPEC, Dr Fadhil Chalabi, about the struggle for the control of oil in the early 1970s.
Photo: Cars queuing at a petrol station in London, during a petrol shortage, November 1973. (Credit: Aubrey Hart/Evening
Standard/Getty Images)
Photo: Cars queuing at a petrol station in London, during a petrol shortage, November 1973. (Credit: Aubrey Hart/Evening
Standard/Getty Images)
Released:
Oct 16, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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