The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is one such group that is likely to sell oil to Japan. The twelve OPEC countries are Algeria, Angola, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela. Each of these nations has vast oil reserves which the world has depended on over the last century. Since oil is in such high demand and many of these countries have economic problems, they banded together to create a cartel in 1960. A cartel is an agreement in which a group of producers try to influence the price of their good by limiting its supply.
OPEC members realized that if oil prices were too low, they would produce too much and not earn as much money. They also realized that if prices became too high, the overall world economy could be damaged and OPEC would not sell as much oil. Today, OPEC tries to stabilize oil prices by setting quotas for how much each member country is allowed to produce.
There are many other organizations that try to influence trade between nations. One of the most significant is the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO attempts to reduce barriers to trade among its member countries, which today includes most of the world. The biggest barriers to trade are tariffs. Tariffs are taxes on imported goods which cause them to become more expensive. If a country puts a high enough tariff on a foreign made good, most people would not be able to afford it.
The OPEC was founded to unify petroleum policies and stabalize markets.
The reason why OPEC placed an embargo on oil was because there were boarder issues between Israel and Syria and Egypt. They actually placed the embargo only on countries that supported Israel: the Netherlands & the USA. Israel & the USA were causing so much of a rucus, OPEC wanted to show who was actually in control because oil was in such high demand and OPEC could hurt the USA & the Netherlands & Israel just as much as they could help 'em. sorry, no one was answering and I actually knew the answer. (no need to thank me.)
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The middle east has always been a large proportion of US crude oil imports. Therefore, when the OPEC was introduced and as the oil prices sharply rose, the US import spending on crude oils also increased by a substantial amount. This, in effect would mean that petro prices would increase and since petro is essential in transportations/industrial productions, you would expect a sharp increase in average price in the economy (inflation).
As of 2007, the amount of oil imported from OPEC was 5.394 million barrels per day , representing 53.8% of all crude oil imports. (SOURCE)the US Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration.
OPEC is an alliance formed by the oil producing countries of the world who collude and decide on how much oil to produce, keeping the cost higher than it should be.
OPEC produces millions of gallons of petroleum oil. do to economic issues. this number will soon decrease
The OPEC was founded to unify petroleum policies and stabalize markets.
Saudi Arabia is a member of OPEC, which collectively determine oil prices for the oil producing countries in that region. As of 7 October 2014, the cost for a barrel of oil from OPEC was US $89.37.
OPEC has put too much oil on the market.
The reason why OPEC placed an embargo on oil was because there were boarder issues between Israel and Syria and Egypt. They actually placed the embargo only on countries that supported Israel: the Netherlands & the USA. Israel & the USA were causing so much of a rucus, OPEC wanted to show who was actually in control because oil was in such high demand and OPEC could hurt the USA & the Netherlands & Israel just as much as they could help 'em. sorry, no one was answering and I actually knew the answer. (no need to thank me.)
The disadvantages of OPEC are not much. Since they hold most of the world's oil and gas supply, they do need buyers and clients. This, of course, are countries like the U.S. that heavily need and rely on Arab oil. Within OPEC, however, some of the disadvantages may include quarreling between members states that want more of a share in the profits of production.
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It doesn't matter, because the C stands for "countries". Each of the members of OPEC is a sovereign state and therefore enjoys sovereign immunity. If the rest of the world got ticked off enough about it there could be trade sanctions or even war against the members of OPEC, but short of that there's not much that could be done regarding enforcement. Also, the members of OPEC don't like each other that well and have a long history of not cooperating with production quotas, and even if they did OPEC accounts for less than half of world oil production so while they definitely have influence over the market they certainly don't control it.
Acoording to OPEC, it's Russia. http://www.opec.org/library/FAQs/PetrolIndustry/q4.htm
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Wind power is not generated by countries, it is a global phenomena.