Baghdad Conference

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The Baghdad Conference was the 1960 meeting in Iraq where major oil-producing countries agreed to establish the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf founding conference
international conference
alsoKnownAs OPEC founding conference
category 1960 conferences
20th-century diplomatic conferences
Diplomatic conferences in Iraq
Petroleum politics
chronology preceded the formal registration of OPEC in 1961
city Baghdad
continent Asia
country Iraq
endDate 1960-09-14
field energy policy
international economic relations
petroleum industry
founded OPEC
surface form: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
hasEffect establishment of a permanent intergovernmental oil organization
increased collective bargaining power of oil-exporting countries
hasParticipant Iran
Iraq
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Venezuela
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
English
location Baghdad
surface form: Baghdad, Iraq
numberOfFoundingStates 5
organizedBy governments of major oil-exporting countries
partOf history of OPEC
history of the petroleum industry
pointInTime September 1960
purpose coordination of petroleum policies among major oil-producing countries
to ensure a regular supply of petroleum to consuming nations
to obtain a fair return on capital for investors in the oil industry
to secure fair and stable prices for petroleum producers
result Baghdad Agreement
creation of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
significance founding meeting of OPEC
turning point in relations between oil-producing countries and international oil companies
startDate 1960-09-10
topic crude oil pricing
oil production quotas
petroleum policy
sovereignty over natural resources
year 1960

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OPEC formedByTreaty Baghdad Conference