First Oil Well, Bahrain

First Oil Well, Bahrain
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History of Bahrain

Ancient Bahrain
Dilmun
Tylos and Mishmahig
Awal
Historical region
Islam in Bahrain
Al-Ala'a Al-Hadrami
Qarmatians
Usfurid dynasty
Jarwanid dynasty
Jabrid dynasty
Portuguese occupation
Muqrin ibn Zamil
Antonio Correia
Safavid hegemony (1602-1717)
1717 Oman invasion of Bahrain
Al Khalifa and
the British Protectorate
1783 Al Khalifa invasion of Bahrain
Perpetual Truce of Peace
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

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ The Report Bahrain 2009. Oxford Business Group. 2009. p. 32. ISBN 9781907065033. http://books.google.com/books?id=_MqUJPPPXwkC&pg=PT33. 
  3. ^ 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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