Al Ghawār
Al Ghawār is an oilfield in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.Places in the Area
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Al Ghawar
Locality
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Ghawar is an oil field located in Al-Ahsa Governorate, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Measuring 280 by 30 km, it is by far the largest conventional oil field in the world, and accounts for roughly a third of the cumulative oil production of Saudi Arabia as of 2018.
Al Ghawār
- Type: Oilfield
- Also known as: “Al Ghawar” and “Ghawar”
- Category: landform
- Location: Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
25° northLongitude
49.16667° or 49° 10′ eastElevation
321 metres (1,053 feet)Open location code
7HQF2528+2MGeoNames ID
109768
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