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An Arabian-American Oil Company drilling rig at Rub' al Khali in the Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, circa 1955. The Arabian-American Oil Company was also known as Aramco, later Saudi Aramco. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

An Arabian-American Oil Company drilling rig at Rub' al Khali in the Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, circa 1955. The Arabian-American Oil Company was also known as Aramco, later Saudi Aramco. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)