Chapter 03 · The Boom Years
سنوات الازدهار
National Petroleum Review 1961–1975
Concrete rose faster than the wells. In fifteen years a coastal town became a
capital cast in fresh formwork
.
Permits issued for new reinforced-concrete structures
11.4
K
+318% vs. the pre-independence decade
Building permits, 1961–1975 cumulative
Annual permits, by five-year band
Striped fill = water-tower programme
0
1K
2K
3K
0.9K
1.4K
2.2K
3.1K
1956–60
1961–65
1966–70
1971–75
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