Gas Producing and Exporting Countries (GPEC) was founded by 14 countries Algeria, Brunei, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Lybia, Qatar, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Indonesia, Malaysia, Oman, Russia and Nigeria.
The Lagos Constitutional Conference was held in Lagos in 1958 as a followup to the London Conference of 1957. The major issues discussed and resolved at the conference included the following.