1989 world oil market chronology
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- March 23: Exxon tanker Valdez runs aground, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil in the waters of Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef. Oil prices react upward to news of the spill and to potential shortages on the west coast caused by refinery fires there.
- June: OPEC raises their production ceiling to 19.5 MMB/D.
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