Ghawar (Arabic:الغوار) is an oil field in Saudi Arabia. It is located about 100 km (62 mi) WSW from the city of Dhahran in Al-Ahsa county of the Eastern Province. Measuring 280 km × 30 km (170 mi × 19 mi), it is by far the largest conventional oil field in the world. The field is entirely owned and operated by Saudi Aramco, the nationalized Saudi oil company. Relatively little is known about Ghawar because the company and Saudi government closely...
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