- First Oil Well, Bahrain
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and Friendship (1861)First Oil Well (1932) 20th Century Bahrain National Union Committee March 1965 Intifada State Security Law era 1981 coup d'état attempt 1990s Uprising 2011 Uprising Topical Military history of Bahrain Timeline of Bahrain history As its name suggests, it is the first oil well in the Persian Gulf and is located in Bahrain. The well is situated below Jebel Dukhan. It was operated by Bahrain Petroleum Company.[1] Oil first spurted from this well on 16 October 1931, and the well finally began to blow heads of oil on the morning of 2 June 1932. The initial oil flow rate was 400 barrels per day (64 m3/d); by the 1970s the well produced 70,000 bbl/d (11,000 m3/d), and after that it stabilized at circa 35,000 bbl/d (5,600 m3/d).[2] Close to the well, which has been reconstructed to its first appearance, is a stable.[3]
Bahrain was the first place on the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf where oil was discovered, and it coincided with the collapse of the world pearl market.
References
- ^ Held, Colbert C. (2005). Middle East patterns: places, peoples, and politics. Westview. p. 450. ISBN 9780813341705. http://books.google.com/books?id=cgVxI84MOKYC&pg=PA450.
- ^ The Report Bahrain 2009. Oxford Business Group. 2009. p. 32. ISBN 9781907065033. http://books.google.com/books?id=_MqUJPPPXwkC&pg=PT33.
- ^ Walker, Jenny; Stuart Butler, Frances Linzee Gordon, Terry Carter, Lara Dunston (2007). Oman, UAE & Arabian Peninsula. Lonely Planet. p. 134. ISBN 9781741045468. http://books.google.com/books?id=nDsjyU2Re6AC&pg=PT134.
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