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Search for and discovery of oil (1932-1940s)
The planning of drilling wells in Dammam Started in the spring of 1933 In Jeddah, when an oil concession agreement was signed by both the government of King Abd al-Aziz Al Saud and the representatives of the Standard Oil Company of California. A team of geologists was sent to Dammam, they finalized their plans for the wells in the beginning of June 1934. The work on the cellar for the first drilling rig in Dammam started approximately in January 1935, and ended on the 19th of February. On April 30th 1935, the work began on drilling the 1st oil well in Dammam. When Dammam No. 1 didn't produce promising result, the work on it stopped on the 4th of January of 1936, and Dammam No. 2 was drilled. Because of the promising results, there were plans to drill 5 more wells in the surrounding area of Dammam No. 2. Between June and early September of 1936, the production of all of these drills were monitored closely, and most of them were disappointing. On December 7th of 1936 the work started on Dammam No. 1, at the beginning the drilling didn’t produce promising results. However, by the 4th of March of 1938, Well No.7 started producing a promising amount of oil.

 Shopping  Dammam is home to many local markets and malls. Among the local markets is “Souq Al hob” and “Souq Al Dammam”. Both of these markets sell commodities that are local to the region and regular commodities as well. Some of the malls in Dammam are “Alothaim Mall”, and “Marina Mall”, they both provide the customers with world known brands.