Ras Tanura ''(Aramco code: RT)'' (Arabic: رأس تنورة) is a coastal city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is a major Petroleum port and oil operations center for the largest oil company in the world, Saudi Aramco. The largest oil refinery in the world is located in Ras Tanura. Ras Tanura is located a short distance south of the industrial city "Jubail." Geographically, it is considered a small peninsula. However, because the oil tankers need deeper water, Aramco built numerous artificial islands. In addition, oil platform are heavily used in the area, mostly by Saudi Aramco, Schlumberger, and Halliburton. Ras Tanura is very similar to Dhahran with few differences. ''Ras Tanura'' is also a heavily fenced-in city, and only Saudi Aramco employees and their dependants may live inside. The residental area is called ''Najmah''. ==Ras Tanura in fiction== In the BBC docudrama, The Man Who Broke Britain, the energy crisis increases dramatically after a terrorist attack against the oil refinery in Ras Tanura. ==Also see== *SAR201: currently situated near Ras Tanura. *USS Valley Forge (CV-45): visited Ras Tanura before her decommission. ==External links== *[http://www.jobsataramco.com/index1.html Aramco Services Company site]: By clicking the "communities" link, information and photo tour can be found about Ras Tanura as well as other Aramco communities. *[http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/196205/a.billion.barrels.ago..htm A billion barrels ago...], stories in the Ras Tanura refinery Cities in Saudi Arabia Coastal cities
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Ras Tanura ''(Aramco code: RT)'' (Arabic: رأس تنورة) is a coastal city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is a major Petroleum port and oil operations center for the largest oil company in the world, Saudi Aramco. The largest oil refinery in the world is located in Ras Tanura. Ras Tanura is located a short distance south of the industrial city "Jubail." Geographically, it is considered a small peninsula. However, because the oil tankers need deeper water, Aramco built numerous artificial islands. In addition, oil platform are heavily used in the area, mostly by Saudi Aramco, Schlumberger, and Halliburton. Ras Tanura is very similar to Dhahran with few differences. ''Ras Tanura'' is also a heavily fenced-in city, and only Saudi Aramco employees and their dependants may live inside. The residental area is called ''Najmah''. ==Ras Tanura in fiction== In the BBC docudrama, The Man Who Broke Britain, the energy crisis increases dramatically after a terrorist attack against the oil refinery in Ras Tanura. ==Also see== *SAR201: currently situated near Ras Tanura. *USS Valley Forge (CV-45): visited Ras Tanura before her decommission. ==External links== *[http://www.jobsataramco.com/index1.html Aramco Services Company site]: By clicking the "communities" link, information and photo tour can be found about Ras Tanura as well as other Aramco communities. *[http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/196205/a.billion.barrels.ago..htm A billion barrels ago...], stories in the Ras Tanura refinery Cities in Saudi Arabia Coastal cities
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