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| Official speed | 83.43 wpm (61.42 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | July 13, 2009 10:38:00pm UTC |
| Race Finish | July 13, 2009 10:39:02pm UTC |
| Outcome | No win (1 of 1) |
| Points | 0.00 |
| Text | #232 (Length: 427 characters) Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been the world's number one producer of petroleum, American companies determined the global price of oil. In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its inexorable, irreversible decline. The year before, the prerogative of setting the price of crude oil had passed into the hands of a new producer group, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. |