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As its name suggests, it is the first oil well in the southern side of the Persian Gulf and is located in Bahrain. The well is situated below Jabal Dukhan . It was discovered and operated by Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) , established in 1929 in Canada by Standard Oil Company of California .
Bahrain: Political development in a modernizing society. ISBN 0-669-00454-5; Andrew Wheatcroft (1995). The Life and Times of Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa : Ruler of Bahrain 1942–1961. ISBN 0-7103-0495-1; Fuad Ishaq Khuri (1980). Tribe and state in Bahrain: The transformation of social and political authority in an Arab state. ISBN 0-226 ...
BAPCO was established in 1929 in Canada by Standard Oil Company of California for oil exploration activities in Bahrain. [1] [2] [3] It took over Bahrain's assets of Gulf Oil. [1] In 1930 it obtained the only oil concession in Bahrain. [4] BAPCO discovered first oil in 1931. [5] On 31 May 1932, the company discovered the Bahrain Field (Awali ...
Awali was founded in the 1930s by the Bahrain Petroleum Company. It is the earliest example of an oil settlement in the Persian Gulf, with European-style urban planning that included public buildings, homes for an international and multicultural community of oil specialists and their families, as well as local population, and leisure spaces ...
The culture of Bahrain is part of the historical region of Eastern Arabia. Thus, Bahrain's culture is similar to that of its Arab neighbours in the Arabian Gulf region. Bahrain is known for its cosmopolitanism , Bahraini citizens are very ethnically diverse . [ 1 ]
History of Bahrain. History of Bahrain (1783–1971) 1981 failed coup d'état in Bahrain; 1990s Uprising in Bahrain; Arad Fort; Awal; Bab Al Bahrain; Baharna; Bahrain Independence Day; Barbar temple; Charles Belgrave; Dilmun; First Oil Well, Bahrain; Former municipalities of Bahrain; Forum for the Future (Bahrain 2005) Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa ...
Prompted by the presence of oil in the region, the British political agency in Bushire concluded an oil agreement with the Hakim to prohibit the exploration and exploitation of oil for a five-year period. In 1919, Bahrain was officially integrated into the British empire as an overseas imperial territory following the Bahrain order-in-council ...
The government has used its modest oil revenues to build an advanced infrastructure in transportation and telecommunications. Bahrain is a regional financial and business center. Tourism, especially from the region, has proved another significant source of income. Bahrain has benefited from the oil boom since 2001, with economic growth of 5.5%.