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Oil crisis



 
  Oil crisis may refer to:
  • 1973 oil crisis
    1973 oil crisis

    The 1973 oil crisis started on October 15, 1973, when the members of Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries or the OAPEC proclaimed an oil embargo "in response to the U.S....
  • 1979 energy crisis
    1979 energy crisis

    The 1979 oil crisis in the United States occurred in the wake of the Iranian Revolution. Amid massive protests, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, fled his country in early 1979, allowing Ayatollah Khomeini to gain control....
  • Oil price increase of 1990
    Oil price increase of 1990

    The 1990 oil price shock was numerically milder and more brief than previous oil crisis, lasting only 3 quarters, and contributed to the early 1990s recession....
  • 2000s energy crisis
  • Oil depletion
    Oil depletion

    Oil depletion occurs in the second half of the Hubbert curve of an oil well, oil field, or the average of total world petroleum production. The Hubbert peak theory makes predictions of production rates based on prior discovery rates and anticipated production rates....
  • Energy crisis
    Energy crisis

    An energy crisis is any great Bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an Economics. It usually refers to the shortage of Petroleum and additionally to electricity or other natural resources....
  • Hubbert peak theory
    Hubbert peak theory

    The Hubbert peak theory posits that for any given geographical area, from an individual oil-producing region to the planet as a whole, the rate of petroleum production tends to follow a bell-shaped curve....
  • Peak oil
    Peak oil

    Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum Extraction of petroleum is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline....
Further reading

  • . Donald W. Jones, Paul N. Leiby, and Inja K. Paik.