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Oil is the most important raw material in the Middle East.
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Nearly half the world’s oil is produced by the following Middle Eastern countries: Saudi Arabia
Iran
Kuwait
Iraq
Most Middle Eastern countries that produce oil belong to OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries).
Secondary products made from oil include:
Gasoline
Coal Tar (for paving roads)
Medicines (such as Vaseline- petroleum jelly, and lip balm)
Plastics
Oil sales generate billions of dollars per year to the economies of many
Middle Eastern countries.
Rich Arabs
Rich Arabs
The availability of abundant oil supplies has helped many of these countries to modernize and develop themselves.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Doha, Qatar
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The Burj Dubai, the tallest man-made structure in the world.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The Burj Dubai, the tallest man-made structure in the world.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The Burj Dubai, the tallest man-made structure in the world.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The Palm Island Resort
Unfortunately, mining oil sometimes leads to serious environmental consequences such as POLLUTION!
Burning Oil Field
Polluted ocean section.
Oil spill
Dead marine life
Affected bird
Oil Spill
Oil Spill
Oil Spill Cleanup
Oil Consumption(Darker colors represent more consumption)
Oil Refinery
Water
What is the landscape in the Middle East like?
Arabian Desert
What is the landscape in the Middle East like?
Desert Sidewinder
Why do you think water is very important in the Middle East?
Do you think people like mostly around water?
Digging for water in Saudi Arabia
Jordan River
Do you think countries in the Middle East have had conflicts over water?
Arab-Israeli Wars
Six-Day War(Not how armies camp around water sources)
