Al Ubaylah is a settlement about 150 miles (250 km) southeast of the town of
Yabrin Yabrin is a settlement in Saudi Arabia south of Riyadh, within the Eastern Region. The closest town is Haradh.
The area was an important crossing point and oasis town in caravan routes to Oman as early as the third millennium BCE. A large number ...
in the
Eastern Region Eastern Region or East Region may refer to:
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*Eastern Region, Ghana
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*Eastern Region, Malta
*Eastern Region, Nepal
*Eastern Region, Nigeria
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*Eastern Region, Ugand ...
in
Saudi Arabia
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. Petroleum in exploitable quantities was not found here in the 1950s by
Aramco
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according to the
USGS
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.
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Populated places in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
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