SAUDI ARABIA; ARAMCO.

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Dhahran oil map. A scarce map showing the locations of oil wells, pipelines, and refineries in the region surrounding Aramco's headquarters. We have traced only one copy (US Library of Congress).The discovery of commercial quantities of oil in Dhahran at the Dammam Number 7 well in 1938 kick-started the industry in Saudi Arabia. The city is now one of the major centres of oil production in the region and has been the centre of Aramco's (now Saudi Aramco's) activities since the early 1950s. This map shows the Abqaiq-Dhahran, Dhahran-Ras Tanura, and Saudi Arabia-Bahrain pipelines. It also maps the road network, airport, powerlines, and drainage systems. Six different types of wells are marked, from observational to structural, suspended, and abandoned examples. It was drawn by Aramco employee Kei Inouye and first released in December 1975, with revisions published on 20 September 1976. The 1:1,000,000 scale key shows the connections between Dhahran and other major cities, such as Dammam, Safwa, and al-Khobar.

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