Dammam 7 (Propsperity Well)

Dammam No. 7, also known as "Prosperity Well", is an oil well located in , , notable for being the site where commercial quantities of oil were first discovered in the country on March 3, 1938.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: first commercial oil well in Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as: “Dammam No. 7”, “Prosperity Well”, and “Prosperity Well No. 7”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dhahran and Khobar.

Photo: Eagleamn, Public domain.
is a city located in the , . With a total population of 143,936 as of 2022, it is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry.

Photo: Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0.
Al is a city and governorate in the of the , situated on the coast of the . With a population of 409,549 in the city core and 658,550 in the governorate, as of 2022, forms part of the Dammam metropolitan area along with and , making up the residential core of 's region.

Dammam 7 (Propsperity Well)

Latitude
26.32116° or 26° 19′ 16″ north
Longitude
50.12782° or 50° 7′ 40″ east
Open location code
7HRG84CH+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2141583161
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q12195463
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Indonesian—“Dammam 7 (Propsperity Well)” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بئر الخير”
  • Arabic: “بئر الدمام رقم ٧”
  • Arabic: “بئر الدمام رقم 7”
  • Hungarian: “Dammam No. 7 kút”
  • Indonesian: “Dammam No. 7”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jabal Umm ar Ru’us and Saudi Aramco Security Gate 53.

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