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Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, founded in Baghdad in September 1960 by five oil-producing countries.

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OPEC. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, founded in Baghdad in September 1960 by five oil-producing countries.

Sep 1960

OPEC, members: Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

OPEC, involved in Baghdad Conference of 1960, Oil price talks of 1971 and Tehran price decision of December 1973.

According to the United States government.

Vienna

OPEC, headquartered in Vienna.

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Pictures, from Wikimedia Commons: Vienna, Andrzej Otrębski, CC BY-SA 4.0.