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ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES

Specialty Definition: ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES

Domain	Definition
Economics	An organization emerged as the major petroleum pricing power in 1973, when the ownership of oil production in the Middle East transferred from the operating companies to the governments of the producing countries or to their national oil companies. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES

Domain	Title
Books	The world energy picture : with a special look at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the contrived energy crisis in the United States (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Mexico	It declined, for example, to become a member of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. (references)
	Indonesia	Indonesia, the only Asian member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), ranks 15th among world oil producers, with about 2.4% of world production. (references)
	Austria	Other international organizations based in Vienna include the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. (references)
Human Rights	Germany	In February a court convicted and sentenced Hans-Joachim Klein to 9 years' imprisonment for the killing of persons during a 1975 attack by leftwing terrorists on a meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in Vienna, Austria. (references)
Trade	Nigeria	It is party to several international commodity arrangements, including the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the International Cocoa Organization, the International Cotton Advisory Committee, the International Institute for Cotton, the West African Groundnut Council, and the International Tin Council. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Modern Translation: ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES

Language		Translations for "ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), OPEC (OPEC). (various references)

Dutch		Organisatie van Olie Exporterende Landen (OPEC). (various references)

French		Organisation des pays exportateurs de pétrole, OPEP. (various references)

German		Organisation Erdölexportierender Länder (OPEC). (various references)

Hungarian		kõolajexportáló országok szervezete (Opec). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		オプション取引 (medical operation, obelisk, oblisque, Omaha, omega, omelette, omelette rice, omit, omnibus, Omron Corporation, opaque, opcode, OPEC, opera, opera glasses, opera house, opera-comique, operand, operating, operating system, operating-system, operation, operation center, operation code, operational, operational amplifier, operations, operations research, operator, operetta, opossum, opportunism, opportunist, opposition party, optical, optical art, optimism, optimist, optimistic, optimize, optimizer, option dealing, option trading, option transaction, optoelectronics, OR, OS). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		オペック (OPEC). (various references)

Pig Latin		organizationay ofay etroleumpay exportingay ountriescay

Spanish		Organización de Países Exportadores de Petróleo (Opec), OPEP (Opec). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Translations: Modern
4. Bibliography

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