Al-Arabiya | PICTURES: How a Saudi Bedouin helped discover Saudi Arabia's first oil well 80 years ago Al-Arabiya On March 4, 1938, Steineke and Rimthan discovered oil well 'Dammam No. 7'. The Americans were impressed with Rimthan's talent, to the point where in his book, 'Out in the Blue', American geologist Thomas Barger wrote: “After we left the well, Khamis ... |