The situation is serious ... we must do more." Washington DC -- October 17 marks the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo -- an event that arguably launched the United States ...

It has been 50 years since the Arab oil embargo and the ensuing crisis, which broke in October 1973. The initiating action was the embargo, but I recall that markets were tightening ahead of that ...

This sticker is in reference to the time during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War when Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) imposed an oil embargo on the United States. At ...

The 1973 oil crisis began when Arab producers led by Saudi Arabia slapped an oil embargo on Western supporters of Israel in its war with Egypt, targeting Canada, Japan, the Netherlands ...