The Abqaiq oil field is an oil field located in Eastern Province. It was discovered in 1940 and developed by Saudi Aramco. It began production in 1940 and produces

oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ...

. The total

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of the Abqaiq oil field are around 22.5 billion barrels (3020×10⁶ tonnes), and production is centered on . Much of its production is carried through the East-West Crude Oil Pipeline.

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