Ras Tanura

Ras Tanura رأس تنورة
City
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Ras Tanura Location of Ras Tanura
Coordinates: 26°39′N 50°10′E / 26.650°N 50.167°E / 26.650; 50.167
Country	Saudi Arabia
Province	Eastern Province
Government
• Mayor	Abdulrahman Bin Othman Al Rshodi
• Provincial Governor	Saud Bin Nayef Al Saud
Area
• Total	242.5 km2 (93.6 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	62,314
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
	Ras Tanura governorate
Time zone	UTC+3
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3
Postal Code	32819
Area code	+966-13

Ras Tanura (Arabic: رأس تنورة, romanized: Ra's Tannūrah, lit. 'cape oven, cape brazier', presumably due to the unusual heat prevalent at the cape that projects into the sea) is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia located on a peninsula extending into the Persian Gulf. The name Ras Tanura applies both to a gated Saudi Aramco employee compound (also referred to as "Najmah") and to an industrial area further out on the peninsula that serves as a major oil port and oil operations center for Saudi Aramco, the largest oil company in the world. Today, the compound has about 3,200 residents, with a few Americans and British expats.

Geographically, the Ras Tanura complex is located south of the modern industrial port city of Jubail (formerly a fishing village) and north across Tarut Bay from the old port city of (Al-)Dammam. Although Ras Tanura's port area is located on a small peninsula, due to modern oil tankers' need for deeper water, Saudi Aramco has built numerous artificial islands for easier docking. In addition, offshore oil rigs and production facilities have been constructed in the waters nearby, mostly by Saudi Aramco, Schlumberger, and Halliburton.