Dhahran

Noun

Meaning

an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and wounding more than 300 people

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It is a low steady sound, that medley, and one familiar to Dhahran, Abqaiq and Ras Tanura, all bases for operations of the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) in Saudi Arabia. Source: Internet

"We receive about 300 tons of material a month—drill pipe, lubricants, food, drilling mud chemicals, diesel fuel—about ten truckloads; and usually a ton or so by DC-3's, dispatched from Dhahran and from the Rub' al-Khali operating base, 'Ubaila." Source: Internet

Saad is the or Foreman, in Aramco's welding shop in Dhahran. Source: Internet

Two F-15Es were lost to ground fire, another was damaged on the ground by a Scud strike on Dhahran air base. Source: Internet

Louis International Airport which led to his 1959 commission to design the Dhahran International Airport in Saudi Arabia. Source: Internet

Long before morning, the caravans would be on their return journey to Dhahran. Source: Internet

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