Ras Tanura
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Ras Tanura رأس تنورة |
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 Ras Tanura
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| Coordinates: 26°39′N 50°10′E / 26.650°N 50.167°E | |||
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 Saudi Arabia
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| Province | Eastern Province | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Faihan bin Jarwan bin Gaweed | ||
| • Provincial Governor | Muhammed Bin Fahd | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • Total | 73,933 | ||
| Ras Tanura city | |||
| Postal Code | 31941 | ||
| Area code(s) | +966-13 | ||
Coordinates: 26°39′N 50°10′E / 26.650°N 50.167°E
Ras Tanura (more accurately Ra's Tannūrah, Arabic: رأس تنورة meaning "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 a distance south of the modern industrial port city of Jubail (formerly a sleepy 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.
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