the oil embargo of 1973 ended in march 1974.
when did the oil embargo of 1973 end?
march 1974
in october 1973, the members of organization of arab petroleum exporting countries or the oapec (consisting of the arab members of opec) proclaimed an oil embargo "in response to the u.s. decision to re-supply the israeli military" during the yom kippur war; it lasted until march 1974. oapec declared it would limit or stop oil shipments to the united states and other countries if they supported israel in the conflict. with the us actions seen as initiating the oil embargo, the long-term possibility of embargo-related high oil prices, disrupted supply and recession, created a strong rift within nato; both european countries and japan sought to disassociate themselves from the us middle east policy. arab oil producers had also linked the end of the embargo with successful us efforts to create peace in the middle east, which complicated the situation. to address these developments, the nixon administration began parallel negotiations with both arab oil producers to end the embargo, and with egypt, syria, and israel to arrange an israeli pull back from the sinai and the golan heights after the fighting stopped. by january 18, 1974, secretary of state henry kissinger had negotiated an israeli troop withdrawal from parts of the sinai. the promise of a negotiated settlement between israel and syria was sufficient to convince arab oil producers to lift the embargo in march 1974. by may, israel agreed to withdraw from the golan heights.
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an oil embargo is an economic situation wherein entities engage in an embargo to limit the transport of petroleum to or from an area, in order to exact some desired outcome. one commentator states, "[a]n oil embargo is not a common commercial practice; it is a tool of political blackmail, meant to force those at whom it is aimed, into some action they would otherwise not be willing to take".









































notable examples of international oil embargoes include:









































bullet::::- oil embargo (sino-japanese war), 1941–1945









































bullet::::- 1967 oil embargo









































bullet::::- 1973 oil crisis









































bullet::::- 1979 energy crisis
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