1980 world oil market chronology
Appearance
- March 1: Windfall Profits Tax enacted.
- May: Saudi Light raised to $28.00 per barrel, retroactive to April 1.
- Apr-September: : Buy-Sell Program allocations drop to average of 120,000 bbl/d (19,000 m3/d) for period April to September 1980.:
- September 17: Iraq breaks 1975 treaty with Iran and proclaims sovereignty over Shatt al-Arab waterway.
- September 23: Iraq invades Iran. Mutual bombing of installations.
- November 10: Iraq captures southern port of Khorramshahr.
- November 20–24: U.N. gulf war mediator Olof Palme makes first unsuccessful peace shuttle between Tehran and Baghdad.
- December: Collapse of OPEC's pricing structure. Saudis use $32 per barrel marker, others use $36 per barrel benchmark.