Pardon my ignorance, but what does OPEC stand for?

【pardon】请原谅我的无知，OPEC 代表什么？

Pardon my ignorance, but when I think of whaling — I know probably about as much as the average person knows about whaling, which is to say very, very, very little — and I wouldn't necessarily think of whaling and technology going together.

请原谅我的无知，但是当我想到捕鲸时——我对捕鲸的了解可能和普通人了解的一样多，也就是说非常、非常、非常少——而且我不一定会认为捕鲸和技术是在一起的。