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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