Exclusive: OPEC's story - denies it is a cartel

Journal Article · Wed Mar 23 04:00:00 EST 1983 · Energy Detente; (United States)

OSTI ID:6456889

Coverage of OPEC news in the Western press exploded in 1973 during the Arab Oil Embargo and blossomed during the 1979 oil price hike. Since then, however, coverage wanes when OPEC's problems are its own and not widely impacting consuming nations. OPECNA, the OPEC News Agency, was established in 1980 to improve the quantity and quality of world press coverage of OPEC activities. Since then, OPECNA has also been OPEC's historian. It is felt that OPECNA has achieved its principal goal, that of providing reliable and frequent information about OPEC and the activities of its member countries; however, it appears to have little success in restructuring world opinion. Included here is an exclusive interview by Energy Detente with Mr. Gonzalo Plaza, Director of OPECNA. The Energy Detente fuel price/tax series and industrial fuel prices for March 1983 are presented for countries of the Western Hemisphere.

• OSTI ID: 6456889
• Journal Information: Energy Detente; (United States), Journal Name: Energy Detente; (United States) Vol. 4:6; ISSN EDETD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English and Spanish

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
294002* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Petroleum
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
DATA
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
INDUSTRY
INFORMATION
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
MATERIALS
NATURAL GAS
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL-EXPORTING COUNTRIES
OPEC
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PRICES
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC OPINION
STATISTICAL DATA
TAXES