In 1973 then US President Richard Nixon weighed military seizure of Saudi oil fields during the famous oil embargo. A few months later, Saudi Arabia welcomed a huge number of Americans who arrived to work at the Saudi Aramco oil and gas installations in Dhahran, Abqaiq, Udalyah, Shadgam and Ras Tanurah. They were not US Marines but petroleum engineers and technicians hired by Saudi Aramco for its fast expanding infrastructure.
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