26°19′15.95″N 50°7′39.94″E / 26.3210972°N 50.1277611°E
Dammam No. 7 | |
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Country | Saudi Arabia |
Region | Eastern Province |
Location | Dhahran (Dammam metropolitan area) |
Coordinates | 26°19′15.95″N 50°7′39.94″E / 26.3210972°N 50.1277611°E[1] |
Operator | Saudi Aramco |
Field history | |
Discovery | 1938 |
Start of development | 1946 |
Start of production | 1949 |
Abandonment | 1982 |
Production | |
Peak of production (oil) | 1,600 barrels per day (~100,000 t/a) |
Dammam No. 7 is the oil well where commercial quantities of oil were first discovered in Saudi Arabia in 1938.