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Map of Near and Middle East Oil 1965
- Featured Maps - September 28, 2025 Map of Near and Middle East Oil 1965 7th edition of the Map of Near and Middle East Oil. Published by B.
Major Pipelines: Heavy lines traverse the map, notably from Iraq (Kirkuk) to the Mediterranean (Tripoli, Haifa), from the Persian Gulf inland, and across the Arabian Peninsula. Fields and Refineries: Networks of oilfields (clusters of wells, symbolized by icons) are shown in: Southeastern Iran Kuwait Eastern Saudi Arabia (Ghawar, Dhahran) Northern Iraq Bahrain Qatar Baku (Azerbaijan) These networks are both physical (infrastructure) and abstract (ownership, contracts), making the map a powerful tool for understanding the strategic importance and international entanglement of oil in the mid-20th century.
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