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Some facts I took away from today:
1. Dhahrain is in the Eastern Province. The Easter Province is the largest among the Kingdom's 13 regions.
2. The Population is about 3.4 million.
3. Has international borders with Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Iraq.
4. The majority of Saudi Arabia's petroleum reserves, representing about 25% of the world's, and the headquarters of Saudi Aramco are in the Eastern Province.
5. History of Aramco:
1933-1973: Saudi is an American Company (100%)
1973: Saudi Government purchased 25% of Aramco
1974: Saudi Government owns 60%
1980: Saudi Government 100%
6. Saudi Arabia is beginning to shif interests to China and India. These are or will be the next huge markets.
7. Saudi Arabia is not opening up its borders to many outsiders due to the reputation of being rich. They are afraid of the problems this would bring to the country.
8. Saudi Arabia does not seem to be planning beyond petroleum. They are confident that there is plenty for many years to come. Maybe this is correct, but they do seem somewhat arrogant.
Question:
How many petroleum products are there? What are some examples of petroleum products?
Again, thanks for all of your comments.
Until next time.
3 comments:
I love the pictures that you have provided! Taylor and I have really enjoyed looking at the different places, people, and things.
We were wondering, do Saudi people travel to the United States? What do they think of us and our country? I bet there are misconceptions from both countries.
I was looking at books this weekend and found some interesting books. One book was about Women of Islam. I'll have to look it up online to get the title. There isn't really any books that I found on Saudi Arabia. It was a small bookstore, so maybe there would be some at Barnes and Noble.
Keep going with the pictures. What did the compound look like? What did your room look like? What did the food look like? What kind of cars do they drive? What do they do for fun? Have you met any kids yet? What do they do for fun? Do they have movie theatres? What kind of toys do they have? Christmas if fast approaching, what celebrations do they have? Do they celebrate a country day? What are the roles of children in the house? Are men responsible with cleaning and taking care of the children or women or both? How many children do couples have on average?
So many questions!!!!
Love, Kim and Tay
how fun is it there and who have you met? Are you liking the food ? Did you get turkey on thanksgiving ? what time DiD you go to bed?
TIM BUOY
Oh my goodness!
Mr. Andres!
Those fish and all the things in the aquarium were mega sweet!
haha!
Well I think that you're having a lot o fun! I agree with all of the questions your wife was asking! That would be interesting to know all of that! Especially about their holidays! Christmas is my favorite holiday and I would love to know if they have anything near as awesome as Christmas! How much longer are you going to be gone? We MISS you! Well, I guess try and write back to some questions!
Okay.
Have some fun!
-Mariah Vegas
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