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The Persian Gulf. Deepwater oil-loading port off Sitrah island, Bahrain, in the Persian Gulf. Oil refinery on the island of Hālūl in the Persian Gulf, Qatar.
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Deepwater oil-loading port off Sitrah island, Bahrain, in the Persian Gulf.
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Deepwater oil-loading port off Sitrah island, Bahrain, in the Persian Gulf.
Oil refinery on the island of Hālūl in the Persian Gulf, Qatar.
Kuwait: oil rig
The extraction and global impact of Qatar's natural gas
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Tomb of Mohammed Bin Ali, Salalah, Oman.
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