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The Iranian Crisis and the Second Oil Price Explosion

In: Opec

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  • Ian Seymour

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In normal circumstances, given the strength of demand in the last quarter of 1978, crude oil production from Iran might have been expected to maintain its September near-capacity level of 6 million b/d through the fourth quarter. Instead, under the impact of oil workers’ strike action against the Shah’s regime, it declined to 5.5 million b/d in October, 3.5 million b/d in November and 2.3 million b/d in December. Towards the end of December oil exports were suspended, with only some 700,000 b/d being produced for local consumption. After the deposition of the Shah and the triumph of Ayatollah Khomeini, Iranian crude exports were resumed at the beginning of March 1979; production built up to a rhythm of around 4 million b/d, falling towards 3 million b/d in the last quarter of the year to make an overall 1979 average of 3.1 million b/d.

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  • Ian Seymour, 1980. "The Iranian Crisis and the Second Oil Price Explosion," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Opec, chapter 0, pages 182-193, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-05794-8_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05794-8_8
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