Saudi Aramco - Abqaiq

Notice how lush and green everything is here. This is the Abqaiq Saudi Aramco location.

October 15th 2009
Today eight of us headed two hours south of Dhahran to a town called Hofuf. It's about an hour south of Abqaiq, which is another Saudi Aramco facility. We rented two large Suburbans and two drivers for the day. It was an amazing experience and yet another "I'm not in Kansas" moment for me. Hofuf used to be the capital of the Eastern Province (the area along the Persian Gulf) until 1953. At ... read more

Middle East » Saudi Arabia » Dammam » Hofuf

In 1902, ABD AL-AZIZ bin Abd al-Rahman Al Saud captured Riyadh and set out on a 30-year campaign to unify the Arabian Peninsula. A son of ABD AL-AZIZ rules the country today, and the country's Basic Law stipulates that the throne shall remain in the ... ... read more

11th July 2018

DORAL A ALLEN
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Abqaiq
I grew up in Abqaiq the first 10 years of my life and then spent the rest of my years with Dhahran as my home base, returning to Dhahran in the summers from high school and college. It would be great if you could give us an idea where in Abqaiq these shots were taken.

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