Al Hasa

Hasa, Al

(äl hä`sä, hă`sə), region, E Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf. Administrated as the Eastern Province, HofufHofuf
or Al Hufuf
, town (1993 pop. 225,847), E Saudi Arabia. Textile manufacturing, food processing, and Arabian horse breeding are important economic activities. It is also a trade center for dates, wheat, and fruit and has a large mosque.
..... Click the link for more information. is the chief town. Dates, wheat, and rice are produced. It was taken from the Turks in 1914 by Ibn Saud. The discovery of large oil reserves in the 1930s transformed the region and is Saudi Arabia's chief oil-producing area.

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Saudi Aramco is keen to develop the wealth of unconventional gas resources in Al Hasa, apart from establishing the King Salman Energy Park (Spark) between Al-Hasa and Dammam, as part of its effort to create more opportunities in the region.

Aramco keen to develop unconventional gas resources in Al Hasa

Jwaid stressed the industrial estates' commitment to reducing energy cost for industrialists, adding that the company has the approval for a project to generate low-priced energy for industries on land it owns in Al Hasa. He predicted that measures to carry out the project will get under way next year.

JIEC to install renewable energy systems in industrial cities

(13) Unexpectedly, in the Al Hasa district, physicians also had low knowledge scores (66.6/100), with the biggest weakness in physicians' knowledge being disease epidemiology.

Knowledge and awareness of diabetes mellitus and its risk factors in Saudi Arabia

The second case involved a 40-year-old mother of two from Agusan del Sur who allegedly hanged herself with an electric cord at her employer's residence in Al Hasa, outside Riyadh.

Gov't asks KSA authorities to probe deeper into OFW death in Jeddah

The 40-year-old worker from Agusan del Sur allegedly hanged herself with an electric cord at her employer's residence in Al Hasa, outside Riyadh on June 12.

Philippine embassies join probes of OFW deaths in Beirut, Riyadh

The second victim, from Agusan del Sur province, reportedly hanged herself on June 12 inside her employer's residence in Al Hasa, some 350 kilometers from the capital, Riyadh.

2 Filipino housemaids committed suicide, DFA told

residence in Al Hasa, some 350 kilometers from Riyadh, on June 12, according local media in Manila.

2 Filipina housemaids found dead

As soon as it was informed about the sad accident by Al Hasa Traffic Directorate of the Eastern Province, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately sent one of its employees to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to follow up on the necessary procedures of getting death certificates and traffic reports to repatriate the bodies.

Ambassador closely monitoring tragic accident in Saudi Arabia

To help prepare the workforce, Aramco signed a Memorandum of Understanding in December with the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC), the Saline Water Conversion Corporation, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), the Saudi Electricity Company, General Electric (GE), and Siemens, to establish National Power Academies in the Dammam and Al Hasa areas.

Firm knows energy is opportunity

Al Hasa, Saudi Arabia, July 12, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Meet Mushot[TM], the new and exciting app that promises to revolutionize how you explore and share photos taken in museums.

Mushot[TM] is a New App Transforms the Idea of Photo Sharing Into a Competitive Game

There is "Al Hasa Al Abyadh" or White Pebbles site, a group of large rocks exist west of wadi Balt, resembling marble in the nature of its composition, and attract tourists.