Ghawar Field
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Ghawar Field is a large oil field in Saudi Arabia. It is located about 100 km from the city of Dharan. It measures 280 km by 30 km, making it the largest oil field in the world. Ghawar was discovered in 1948. Approximately 60-65% of all Saudi oil produced between 1948 and 2000 came from Ghawar. Currently, Ghawar produces over 5 million barrels (800,000 m³) of oil a day (6.25% of global production). It is completely owned by Saudi Aramco. Saudi Aramco states that it has more than 70 billion barrels of proven reserves remaining.
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External links
- A theoretical look at the future of the field (http://www.newcolonist.com/ghawar.html)
- Terrorists and Ghawar (http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2004/05/journal_oil_con.html)
- Saudi Aramco website (http://www.saudiaramco.com) (source of most data in this article).