To achieve this goal, he and Venezuela's mines minister Juan Pablo Perez Alfonso strongly supported the foundation of the OPEC and eventually became founding members of it in September 1960.
For at opnå dette mål gik han sammen med Venezuelas mineminister, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonso, stærkt ind for oprettelsen af OPEC, og de endte med at blive medgrundlæggere i september 1960.