History

The First Discoveries of Oil in Saudi Arabia

Michael Quentin Morton
In the 1930s, Chief geologist at Casoc and Aramco expat, Max Steineke revolutionised hydrocarbon exploration in the Middle East using structure drilling - which led to some of the first discoveries of oil in Saudi Arabia.

GEO ExPro article: https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2018/04/the-first-discoveries-of-oil-in-saudi-arabia

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