The Clue
Mideast ... pipeline ... embargo (4 letter answer)
The Answer
OPEC
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Notes
The answer OPEC is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
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Cartel acronym
Cartel in the news
Contemporary cartel
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Crude group?
Crude letters?
Energy cartel
Grp. with barrels
Oil cartel
Oil gp.
Oil group
Oil grp.
Oil org.
Oily acronym
The U.A.E. is in it
Venezuela is in it
Acronym for an oil cartel
Acronym since 1960
Cartel formed in '60
Cartel since 1960
Group incl. the U.A.E.
Grp. with crude interests?
Letters from the Persian Gulf?
Meeting of ministers association
Notorious price controllers
Oil-cartel acronym
Oil cartel, for short
Oil cartel's inits.
Oil-producing org.
Org. founded at Baghdad
Petroleum-cartel inits.
Unpopular org. in the '70s
World oil assn.
Assn. with many Gulf members
Grp. affecting gas prices
Grp. with clout at the gas pump
Grp. founded in Baghdad, 1960
Grp. including Nigeria and Venezuela
Grp. making barrels of money?
Org. in Africa, S.A. and Asia
Org. with many Mideast members
Trade grp. since 9/14/60
Well-running group?: Abbr.
Grp. created at the Baghdad Conference, 1960
Grp. that may call on its reserves?
It controls a lot of U.S. imports
Definition
OPEC as a noun:
1. (Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries, OPEC) = an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum