Shaybah Oil Field
شيبة | |
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  Shaybah Oil Field Location in the southeast of Saudi Arabia | |
| Coordinates: 22°30′37.5″N 53°57′07.0″E / 22.510417°N 53.951944°E | |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 1,500[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (UTC+03:00) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
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 Shaybah mega-project |
Shaybah, also called as Zararah,[2] is a settlement dominated by a major crude oil production oil site, the Shaybah oil field, in Saudi Arabia, located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the northern edge of the Rub' Al-Khali ("Empty Quarter") desert. It is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the border to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, which is a straight line drawn in the desert. It is 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of the eastern part of Abu Dhabi's Liwa Oasis.
- ^ Anton La Guardia (14 May 2016). "The rentier system is in trouble, in the big oil-producing states and beyond". The Economist. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ Long, David E. (2019-06-18). The Persian Gulf: An Introduction To Its Peoples, Politics, And Economics. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-30431-2.