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Oil: Main events in the development of the Kingdom's oil resources
1913 May 4th: Ibn Saud extends his authority over al-Hasa (2)
1923: First oil concession granted by Ibn Saud
1928: British syndicate forfeits first Saudi oil concession
1930: Standard Oil of California sets up Bahrain Petroleum Company
1931 April: Engineer, Karl Twitchell, arrives in Jeddah
1933: Socal and Iraq Petroleum Company vie for Saudi oil concession (1)
1933: Socal and Iraq Petroleum Company vie for Saudi oil concession (2)
1933 May: Socal wins the oil concession in al-Hasa
1938 March 3rd: Americans strike oil in Saudi Arabia and production begins
1939 May 1st: First tanker takes oil from Dhahran
1947 February: Ibn Saud visits Aramco for second and last time
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