Al Dair ( Arabic : الدَيْر ) is a village in Bahrain on the northern coast of Muharraq Island . It lies north of the Bahrain International Airport , and north west of Samaheej village.
4-555: Before the discovery of oil in Bahrain , most of the inhabitants were involved in farming , especially date palms , and fishing . Similarly to Deir ez-Zor in Syria , The name Ad-Dair is Aramaic for "the monastery," indicating the Christian past of Muharraq Island . Its inhabitants are mostly Shi’ite though there are a small number of Sunni Muslims who are present. Al-Dair comes from
8-731: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Discovery of oil in Bahrain As its name suggests, it is the first oil well in the southern side of the Persian Gulf and is located in Bahrain . The well is situated below Jabal Dukhan . It was discovered and operated by Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) , established in 1929 in Canada by Standard Oil Company of California . Oil first spurted from this well on 16 October 1931, and
12-477: The well finally began to blow heads of oil on the morning of 2 June 1932. The initial oil flow rate was 9,600 barrels per day (1,530 m /d); by the 1970s the well produced 70,000 bbl/d (11,000 m /d), and after that it stabilized at about 35,000 bbl/d (5,600 m /d). In 1980, BAPCO was taken over by the Government of Bahrain. Close to the well, which has been reconstructed to its first appearance,
16-656: The word dair ( Arabic : دير ) which is defined in Arabic dictionaries as a Christian monastery . The origin of the name of the village is thought to have originated from the presence of a dair in the village in the past, which alludes to its Christian origins. The Ministry of Education operates government schools in Al-Dair, Al-Dair Primary Intermediate Girls School and Al-Dair Primary Boys School. 26°17′06″N 50°37′26″E / 26.285°N 50.624°E / 26.285; 50.624 This Bahrain location article
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