DISCOVERY OF OIL
Introduction
The UAE's rich history is established in exchange and
attached to Islam, which went to the district in AD 630. The
Emirates' area among Europe and the Far East pulled in vendors from India and China and was
prized by Europeans, especially the Portuguese, Dutch and British. While Europeans looked for
control of the coasts, inland, the Bedouin made the sandy deserts of Abu Dhabi and Dubai their
home. The town of Abu Dhabi turned into a significant focus.
In the nineteenth century, the British consented to a progression of arrangements with
individual Emirates that brought about a region known as "The Trucial States." The Emirates made
a deal to avoid surrendering any domain but to the United
Kingdom and to forgo commitment with any outside government
other than the United Kingdom without earlier assent from the
British. Consequently, the British guaranteed to shield the coast
from all hostility via ocean and to give help with the occasion of
an assault via land (Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, 2019).
New Beginnings
In 1930's, the leader of Abu Dhabi around then; Sheik Shakhbut Bin Sultan Nayan
convinced his concept of finding a legitimate water supply in Abu Dhabi and accordingly Brackish
water was found in Shallow pits. Later, the Sheik's enthusiasm on water turned towards oil and he
allowed oil concession with the Iraq Petroleum Company (Barnes, 2016).
The oil story began on January 5, 1936, when William Haji Williamson of the Iraq Oil
Company got the right to oil exploration for two years in the
Emirate of Abu Dhabi for a payment of 7,000 rupees, plus 3,000
rupees a month (about 27,000 pounds) And the Iraq Oil Company
has established a subsidiary company called the Petroleum
Development Company (the Reconciled Coast), which will
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oversee what will prove to be a frustrating and slow exploration
across the region. later, Abu Dhabi Marine Academy (ADMA) was
created and got a maritime lien.
ADMA has brought in the famous French explorer Jacques
Cousteau and his research vessel Calpeso to develop a geological
map of the seabed. In 1958 ADMA began drilling at Umm Al-Shef
field using a sea drilling platform. The oil was reached at a depth of
about 8755 feet, but the production did not start in the giant field of
about 300 square kilometers except in 1962. In 1959, Petroli (the
reclaimed coast) is a land-based well in Marban No. 3, now known as Marban Bab, a vast area of
450 square kilometers.
Oil in Dubai
The oil was discovered in Dubai in the maritime area in 1966 in the field of Fateh, located
60 miles from the shores of the emirate; to start Dubai in the same year exports from this field, and
after almost a year resulted in the discovery of a new oil well located southwest of the field AlFateh. Production operations started from the new well in 1972. The Falah field was discovered in
1972, and the production operations began there. In 1973, a new oil well was discovered in the
Emirate of Dubai.
Oil in Ajman
The Emirate of Ajman began exploration for oil in 1975 in cooperation with the US
company United Refining, which preferred to relinquish the franchise rights to a number of other
companies, including: Asamera, and Foreman, which obtained the concession of exploration for
oil in the marine areas of the Emirate, in what After the concession rights, whether in marine or
land areas in full to Ajman National Petroleum Company,
which is doing exploration work in the emirate.
Oil in Umm al-Qaiwain
Oil exploration in Umm al-Qaiwain has two
companies:
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the
US-based
Houston-based
drilling
company, and the United Marine Drilling Company, the
United States. In 1983, the emirate's government
distributed oil exploration concessions in the emirate to
several companies: Deutsche Texaco, Exxon, Tennico
and Linden Group, and exploration and exploration for
oil and gas continued without any results so far.
Process
Abu Dhabi has gained a global reputation as one of the world's leading oil producers. In
1971, the agreement signed by six Gulf oil producers in Tehran and Western oil companies resulted
in Abu Dhabi receiving about £40 million in revenue, according to official sources in the Oil and
Industry Affairs Department.
In March 1973, Sheikh Khalifa, then Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, visited the first fuel
depot delivered by the British Petroleum Company to Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
(ADNOC) as part of a program to include oil distribution in a network across the country.
In October of the same year, the Crown Prince issued a decree establishing the National
Petroleum Construction Company in Abu Dhabi with a capital of AED 30 million. Sheikh Khalifa
formally inaugurated the oil fair held by ADNOC and ADMA in October 1975, following which
it was announced that Abu Dhabi had exported two billion barrels of oil from Jebel Dhanna until
then.
Under the leadership of Sheikh Zayed as President of the UAE, the Union has undergone
tremendous changes in a short period of time, and citizens have received the highest standards of
service that have guaranteed them happiness, prosperity and security in the future. Which is the
same vision adopted by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the
Emirates back then.
Today
Abu Dhabi has about 98.2 billion barrels of oil
reserves and plans to increase its oil production by 2018
to more than 3.5 million barrels per day. The country's
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consumption of oil is estimated at 509,000 barrels per day, while consuming about 56 billion cubic
meters of gas. The country has developed a strategy to reduce oil dependence on its GDP, which
is expected to reach $ 11.9 billion (Muhaisen, 2015).
Conclusion
The discovery of oil in the Gulf region has been a major turning point in its history.
Contrary to what many of the new generation believed did not contemplate the shift that took place,
the major shift in the UAE was not simple and poverty-free and modern. The vision of the late
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God have mercy on him, was the engine of the
establishment of the state and the declaration of the Union, to be the beginning of the civilizational
shift. Economic and social development Suppress the discovery of oil in the UAE.
References
Barnes, J. (2016, September 23). When was Oil discovered in UAE? Retrieved from Adventure
Emirates Corporation Web site: https://www.adventureemirates.com/when-was-oildiscovered-in-uae/
Embassy of the United Arab Emirates. (2019). Retrieved from UAE Embassy Organization Web
site: https://www.uae-embassy.org/about-uae/history
Muhaisen, E. (2015, August 09). Oil; a turning point in UAE history. Retrieved from Emarat
Alyoum Corporation Web site: https://www.emaratalyoum.com/life/four-sides/2015-0809-1.809802
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