Sunaynah

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As-Sunaynah
Arabic: ٱلسُّنَيْنَة, romanized: As-Sunaynah
Village / Wilayah
As-Sunaynah is located in Oman
As-Sunaynah
As-Sunaynah
Location in Oman
Coordinates: 23°36′N 55°58′E / 23.600°N 55.967°E / 23.600; 55.967Coordinates: 23°36′N 55°58′E / 23.600°N 55.967°E / 23.600; 55.967
Country Oman
RegionAl Buraimi Governorate
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total1,474
Time zoneUTC+4 (Oman Standard Time)

Sunaynah (Arabic: ٱلسُّنَيْنَة, romanized: As-Sunaynah) is a Wilayah (Province) in Al Buraimi Governorate, northeastern Oman. The village contains a substantial area of greenery and is described "remote, even by Omani standards".[2] The village is reportedly occupied by the Al Nuaimi tribe; in the 1960s the tamimah of the Al Nuaim was reported to be 'Ali ibn Hamuda of the Al Bu Khuraiban division, who lived at Sunainah.[3]

Economy[]

Oil is found nearby in the Sala field and began mass commercial production in February 1984,[4] although mention of oil drilling in the area was discussed back in the 1970s.[5] the Sunaynah concession is operated 65 per cent by Occidental Petroleum Oman and 35 per cent by Gulf Oil Oman as of 1985.[6] Chevron was said to have "offered its 18.2 per cent holding in Sunainah acreage".[7] In the mid 1980s, test drilling by Occidental Oman, a subsidiary of the US' Occidental Petroleum Corporation, identified a potential output of 15000-20000 barrels a day from its Sunainah concession.[8]

In March 2004, a 72-F fibre optic cable was laid from Sunaynah to the district capital of Ibri by the Oman Telecommunications Company.[9]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Population - DATA PORTAL". National Centre for Statistics & Information. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  2. ^ Ashmole, Alan (28 October 2010). Sand, Oil & Dollars: The Adventures of an Expatriate British Bank Manager in the Middle East in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. AuthorHouse. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-4490-6448-8. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  3. ^ Kelly, John Barrett (1968). Britain and the Persian Gulf. 1795-1880. Clarendon P. ISBN 978-0-19-821360-4. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  4. ^ The Petroleum economist. Petroleum Press Bureau. March 1985. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  5. ^ Standard Chartered Bank (1978). Standard chartered review. Standard Chartered Bank. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  6. ^ ṿe-Afriḳah, Mekhon Shiloaḥ le-ḥeḳer ha-Mizraḥ ha-tikhon (1985). Mideast file. Learned Information. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  7. ^ Country profile: Oman, the Yemens. The Unit. 1991. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  8. ^ Collard, Elizabeth (1986). Middle East economic digest. Middle East Economic Digest, Ltd. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  9. ^ MEED. Economic East Economic Digest, ltd. 2004. Retrieved 11 May 2011.


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