HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Oil
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Gold
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Diamonds
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Suez Canals
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Detailed explanation-1: -On March 3, 1938, an American-owned oil well in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, drilled into what would soon be identified as the largest source of petroleum in the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -Overview. Saudi Arabia possesses approximately 17 percent of the world’s proven petroleum reserves and ranks as one the largest net exporters of petroleum. Saudi Arabia has the second-largest proven oil reserves in the world.
Detailed explanation-3: -Al-Ghawār, just south of Dhahran and west of Al-Hufūf, is one of the world’s largest oil fields.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Aghajari oil field is an iranian oil field located in Khuzestan Province. It was discovered by Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1938 and developed by National Iranian Oil Company.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the 1930s, Chief geologist at Casoc and Aramco expat, Max Steineke revolutionised hydrocarbon exploration in the Middle East using structure drilling – which led to some of the first discoveries of oil in Saudi Arabia.