Organization
International Energy Agency
Agency set up in 1974 by oil-importing countries to guard against supply cuts.
- Dates
- 18 Nov 1974 –
- Also known as
- IEA
- Wikidata
- Q826700
According to United States government
- followed from 1973 oil embargo
According to International Energy Agency
- followed from 1973 oil embargo
Connections 6
members
followed from
influenced by
- Henry Kissinger Primary record 2
Timeline 5 dates
- 1974 Canada member of International Energy Agency
- 1974 Germany member of International Energy Agency
- 1974 Japan member of International Energy Agency
- 1974 United States member of International Energy Agency
- 18 Nov 1974 – International Energy Agency
Proof 2 sources
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History (International Energy Agency), International Energy Agency.
Self-published
The IEA’s founding members were Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, United Kingdom, and the United States.
The IEA was created in response to the 1973-1974 oil crisis when an oil embargo by major producers pushed prices to historic levels
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Oil Embargo, 1973–1974 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian.
Primary record
It also prompted the creation of the International Energy Agency proposed by Kissinger.
Page history 1 change
- Add The Oil Weapon: the 1973 oil embargo, from OPEC's founding to the Strategic Petroleum Reserveb19881d
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