Black Gold
Geologic Map of the Arabian Peninsula.
Compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Arabian American Oil Company under the joint sponsorship of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, and the U.S. Department of State.
Washington, D.C.,
The US Geological Survey,
1963
Chromolithograph map.
1290 by 1850mm (50.75 by 72.75 inches).
18636
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Large and detailed map depicting the geology of the Saudi Arabian Peninsula.
The search for oil on the Peninsula started in 1933, when the Saudi Arabian government granted an oil concession to Standard Oil Co. of California (which was later joined by Texaco buying a 50% stake in the concession). Geologists soon followed to start the surface mapping of the area and beyond, achieving by 1937 a broad understanding of the region's geological strata. The first test to...
The search for oil on the Peninsula started in 1933, when the Saudi Arabian government granted an oil concession to Standard Oil Co. of California (which was later joined by Texaco buying a 50% stake in the concession). Geologists soon followed to start the surface mapping of the area and beyond, achieving by 1937 a broad understanding of the region's geological strata. The first test to...
bibliography:
Powers, Ramirez, Redmond, Elberg, Geology of the Arabian Peninsula, Sedimentary Geology of Saudi Arabia, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1966.