Anna Rubino

Meeting outside under a tree because they were so suspicious.

They were so worried about being, you know, spied on.

Yeah.

A little dated, but we'll take it.

Yes.

Another phrase that she was also called was OPEC's matchmaker.

It was, in effect, more of a consultative body than it was an organization that had any impact on the price of oil.

Yeah, that's actually a good way of putting it.

They did have grievances.

They were trying to figure out a way to negotiate with the major oil companies, but the major oil companies wouldn't meet with them.

It was the biggest economic shock the world has ever seen because the price of oil went from $3 a barrel to $12 a barrel.

almost overnight.

And in the United States, we ended up with long gas lines.

OPEC's power lies in acting together and actually sticking to what they're saying they're going to do.

The thing that's very hard is doing that over a long period of time.

That's right, 19 cents a gallon.