Saudi Arabia's Petroleum Resources
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4043584 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George P Stevens (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1949 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 216 |
| Publication date | 1949-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0095 • E-ISSN: 1944-8287 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/141334 |
| OpenAlex | W2316547323 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Bahrein. In the early 1930's Standard Oil Company of California bought an option to petroleum development possibilities on Bahrein Island in the Persian Gulf. Geologists had been wary of Arabia because the structure that had made Iran so rich in oil seemed to have been eroded away on the west side of the Gulf. A hunch that deeper sands might yield oil, plus a reasonable option price, prompted exploration. The Bahrein Petroleum Company was formed, and subsequent years proved that not just an option to an island had been bought, but also a veritable ocean of oil. Production on Bahrein, structurally composed by one anticlinal dome, began in 1933. Oil comes entirely from the one field in the central portion of the island
Business · Geography · Petroleum · Geology · Socioeconomic Development in MENA
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 1992 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |