<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum" id="mwoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Petroleum">Oil</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_oil_industry_in_Saudi_Arabia" id="mwog" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="History of the oil industry in Saudi Arabia">discovered</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" id="mwow" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>.<sup about="#mwt47" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_3#cite_note-8" id="mwpA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwpQ">[8]</span></a></sup>
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