Oil in Bahrain

You can visit the southern part of the island and see the oil rigs that they have made to look like animals!!!

that's if you want to see the first Oil Well in the whole middle east, you should go to Bahrain! because Bahrain is the first middle eastern country, which the petroleum resources were discovered.

Oil pipes

Oil pumps

Oil Museum

The Oil Museum was inaugurated on July 2, 1992, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the discovery of oil in Bahrain in 1932. Situated next to the museum is Oil Well No.1 which was the first oil well in the Middle East. It was spudded on October 16 1931 and struck oil on June 2, 1932.

The museum is situated below Jebel Dukhan, the “Mountain of Smoke”, which, at a height of 134 meters (450 feet), is the highest point of the island. Its name comes from the misty haze, which frequently surrounds it on a hot and humid day. Situated next to the museum is Oil Well No.1 which was the first oil well in the Middle East.

The museum covers the oil and gas history of Bahrain and houses archive photographs, drilling equipment and a working model of an oil rig.