The Oil Industrial Heritage in Saudi Arabia
The Oil Industrial Heritage in Saudi Arabia is part of the Tentative list of Saudi Arabia in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.
The Oil Industrial Heritage in Saudi Arabia includes 5 industrial sites such as wells, pipelines and refineries. They represent the large-scale technological ensemble to extract, process and transport oil and gas, which has shaped the development of Saudi Arabia since 1932.
Map of The Oil Industrial Heritage in Saudi Arabia
Load mapThe coordinates shown for all tentative sites were produced as a community effort. They are not official and may change on inscription.
Community Reviews
Philipp Peterer
From the 5 locations proposed as Oil Heritage, only the Trans Arab Tapline is accessible.
Well 7, KFUPM and Dhahran Camp are all within the Saudi Aramco Campus in Damman and the guards would not let us in. Only if you work there or get an invitation by someone who works and lives on the campus you get access.
The Jeddah Refinery is part of the Luberef Oil Refinery campus. Access for employees only.
The only “visible” component is the Tapline. It runs mostly underground along the Tapline Road from Damman to Jordan, but becomes partially visible from around 20km along the Tapline Road after the junction to the airport. Unfortunately, when planning a visit I did not focus on the pipeline (I really counted on the Well no7) and only saw that on the map back home.
Site Info
- Full Name
- The Oil Industrial Heritage in Saudi Arabia
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Added
- 2023
- Type
- Cultural
- Categories
- Structure - Factories and industry
- Link
- By ID
Site History
2023 Added to Tentative List
Site Links
Locations
The site has 5 locations
Visitors
6 Community Members have visited.