Ras Tanura (Arabic: رأس تنورة, romanized: Ra's Tannūrah, lit. '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 south of
the modern industrial port city of Jubail (formerly a 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.
RasTanura (Arabic: رأس تنورة, romanized: Ra's Tannūrah, lit. 'cape oven, cape brazier', presumably due to the unusual heat prevalent at the cape that...
The attack on RasTanura was an attempted aerial bombing of the RasTanura oil production facility in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. Employing Dassault...
inscriptions in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia at Thaj, Hinna, Qatif, RasTanura, Abqaiq in the al-Hasa region, Ayn Jawan, Mileiha and at Uruk. It is written...
Cadiz contained 1,604,500 barrels (219,797 tons) of light crude oil from RasTanura, Saudi Arabia and Kharg Island, Iran. Severe weather resulted in the complete...
Cadiz contained 1,604,500 barrels (219,797 tons) of light crude oil from RasTanura, Saudi Arabia, and Kharg Island, Iran. Additionally, she had nearly 4...
urban area located in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. It extends from RasTanura and Jubail in the north to Dammam in the south, and from the Persian Gulf...
compounds or "districts" in the east of the country, along with the camps in RasTanura (refinery and port), and Abqaiq (also Buqayq). Later, other Saudi Aramco...
company. Most Saudi oil is exported by tankers from oil terminals at RasTanura and Ju'aymah in the Persian Gulf. The remaining oil for export is transported...
January 1991, the Iraqi Air Force launched the Attack on RasTanura, an attempt to bomb the RasTanura oil facility in Saudi Arabia. On their way to the target...
by Saudi Aramco, including Dhahran (the main administrative center), RasTanura (the main refinery and oil port), and Abqaiq. It is the southernmost and...
born 1 July 1984) is a Saudi football player who currently plays for RasTanura as a goalkeeper for Al-Omran. Majed Abo Malihah at Goalzz.com (also in...
The attacking aircraft were presumably aiming for an oil refinery in RasTanura in retaliation for Saudi Arabia's request for American troops. Meanwhile...
northeast of Qatar while she is on a voyage to Saudi Arabia's oil terminal at RasTanura. The ship proceeds to Dubai. August 30 – While taxiing out for takeoff...
Abdulaziz Port in Dammam and the petroleum exports were transferred to RasTanura. As a result, Khobar retained its status as the residential core of the...
reefs extending far offshore. Only the construction of long moles at RasTanura has opened the Saudi coast on the gulf to seagoing tankers. Eastern Arabia...
constructed by CB&I. The Qatif field, north of Dhahran and not far from RasTanura, amounts to more than 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi), including northern...
ar-Riyāḍ. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia رأس تنورة Raʼs Tannūraḧ. RasTanura, Saudi Arabia رأس الخيمة Raʼs al-Ḫaymaḧ. Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates زنجبار...
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