In which decade were the first oil fields discovered in Saudi Arabia?
Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia drew international condemnation of the government's practices and led Sri Lanka to recall its ambassador. These are not isolated cases. According to figures by Amnesty International, in 2010 at least 27 migrant workers were executed and, , more than 45 foreign maids were on death row awaiting execution. In 2015 Saudi Arabia introduced reforms in an attempt to fix its laws and protect foreign workers. Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia, estimated to number about 9 million as of April 2013, began migrating to the country soon after oil was discovered in the late 1930s. Initially,
Oil reserves in Saudi Arabia Oil reserves in Saudi Arabia The proven oil reserves in Saudi Arabia are the 2nd largest in the world, estimated to be (Gbbl hereafter), including 2.5 Gbbl in the Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone. They are predominantly found in the Eastern Province. These reserves were the largest in the world until Venezuela announced they had increased their proven reserves to 297 Gbbl in January 2011. The Saudi reserves are about one-fifth of the world's total conventional oil reserves, a large fraction of these reserves comes from a small number of very large oil fields, and past production amounts to 40% of the