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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.
The extraction and global impact of Qatar's natural gas
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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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