In fact, to stave off the predictable BATTLE between and among wealthy and important families, the KING personally owns all the petroleum and natural gas, both on- and off-shore.
The KING gives away tons of money in charity, to both Muslim AND Christian countries, people of the "BOOK." He HAS to. In 1985-money the King was taking in one BILLION dollars EVERY TWO AND A HALF DAYS from the petroleum and natural gas revenues.
Also, right off the coast there between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain is a large industry of FRESH WATER PEARLS. The oases from all across the Saudi desert lands drain there and a pearl industry grew. Since the water was FRESH (though brackish as heck) the pearls were ODD-SHAPED, not the perfectly round pearls from Japan.
Naturally I HAD to have a fresh water pearl ring. It is beautiful. They put all their jewelry in 22k gold, turning up their noses at mere 18k gold.
were it not for western technology they’d never have benefited from the oil we pumped out of the ground.