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	Yanbu' al Bahr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yanbu' al Bahr (Arabic: ينبع البحر "spring by the sea"), also known simply as Yanbu, Yambo, or Yenbo, is a major Red Sea port in the Al Madinah province of western Saudi Arabia.
		Yanbu's history dates back at least 2500 years, when it was a staging point on the spice and incense route from Yemen to Egypt and the Mediterranean region.
		Yanbu is an important petroleum shipping terminal and is also home to three oil refineries, a plastics facility, and several other petrochemical plants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yanbu (401 words)

	Yanbu' Al Bahr
		Yanbu Commercial Port is located on the East coast of Red Sea approximately 460 nautical miles South of Suez Canal and 168 nautical miles North-West of Jeddah.
		Yanbu serves as Saudi Arabia's second Red Sea port, after Jidda, and is the main port for Medina, 100 miles (160 km) to the east.
		Yanbu Commercial Port is suitable for handling different types of ships including General cargo, Ro — Ro, passenger ships, bulk-cargo etc. The mile-long entry channel is over 200 mtrs wide and ships with beam upto 50 m and LOA of 260 m can safely navigate through this port.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/yanbu.htm (362 words)

	Yanbu al Bahr, Saudi Arabia, Pictures
		Yanbu', as the city is commonly known, is the western terminus of parallel pipelines that carry liquefied natural gas and oil across nearly 1300 km (nearly 800 mi) of desert and mountains.
		Yanbu' is connected with the rest of the country by a modern highway system.
		During the 1st millennium BC Yanbu' al Bahr was a stopping point for merchant caravans on the incense route that extended from Yemen to the Mediterranean Sea.
	greatestcities.com /Middle_East/Saudi_Arabia/Yanbu_al_Bahr_city.html (366 words)

	Yanbu Hotels - Q8 Hotels
		Yanbu [also spelled Yenbo] is located in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea north of Jeddah.
		Yanbu serves as Saudi Arabia's second Red Sea port, after Jeddah, and is the main port for Medina, 100 miles (160 km) east.
		The economy of Yanbu was traditionally based on the pilgrim trade and the export of agricultural products, especially dates.
	saudi-hotels.q8hotels.com /yanbu-hotels.htm (230 words)

	!-- Yanbu Industrial College --!
		The Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu was established in 1975 by a royal decree for developing the infrastructural facilities in the two industrial cities of Jubail on the Arabian Gulf and Yanbu on the Red Sea, with the objective of building an integrated industrial base that uses and develops the local natural resources.
		Yanbu Industrial College, an affiliate of the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, was established in 1989 to achieve the objectives of the Royal Commission, in developing human resources and to provide the Saudi manpower with high technical education and training, so that they can properly manage the Kingdom's growing economy in its various sectors.
		Yanbu Industrial College is located at the center of Yanbu Industrial City, about 350 km north of Jeddah on the Red Sea side.
	www.yic.edu.sa /b1.htm (597 words)

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		The new Industrial City of Yanbu was planned as the spearhead for the modernization of the whole of Saudi Arabia's rural northwestern coastal region.
		Today, the King Fahd port at Yanbu is one of the world's longest industrial ports, stretching for more than 9 miles/15km along the coast and containing seven major terminals with 25 berths.
		The city of Yanbu epitomizes practicality, efficiency and respect for tradition, and represents one of Saudi Arabia's supreme achievements.
	www.arab.net /saudi/sa_yanbu.htm (947 words)

	Dave Kaiser's Photography: Old Yanbu City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		One of the streets in Yanbu, an ancient seaport on the northwestern coast of Saudi Arabia.
		Yanbu was established thousands of years ago when early Egyptian traders crossed the Red Sea, establishing land routes into Jordan, to the north, and Jeddah, to the south.
		This area is referred to as Old Yanbu, the historical part of the town.
	www.floridapublishing.com /photopages/oldyanbu.html (69 words)

	TRWB Focus News 2004 - Saudi Arabia: Yanbu attack revives coastal protection issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Although it seems unlikely that the attackers were actually Israeli agents, the Saudi authorities seem to have found it politically expedient to link them to Israel, and the argument that terrorism, and islamist subversion generally, ‘objectively’ serve the interests of Israel may well be maintained and generalised for internal consumption.
		Whether or not the Israelis were involved in the Yanbu attack, Saudi sources say that the Saudi authorities have intelligence reports pointing to increasing Israeli military-security activities in the Red Sea of late.
		This is to say that the Yanbu attack seems to have put the Saudi coastal protection issue on the table again.
	www.tacticalreport.com /Articles/TRWB-Focus/2004/07052004.htm (418 words)

	Dave Kaiser's Articles: Yanbu' al-Bahr: 360 Villages, Oases Thrived Centuries Ago (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Yanbu' al-Nakhl is on a two-lane road 55 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of Yanbu' al-Bahr (Spring of the Sea).
		Yanbu' al-Nakhl, even up until the end of the last century, had lots of rain.
		The Yanbu' businessman described his life as a farm boy as often hard and grueling, but rewarding.
	www.floridapublishing.com.cob-web.org:8888 /articles/yanbuoasis.html (1372 words)

	USATODAY.com - Saudis identify mastermind of Yanbu attack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		YANBU, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The mastermind of an attack that killed five Western oil industry workers, including two Americans, is a member of a Saudi opposition group in London, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday.
		The attack, in which the body of one of the Americans was dragged behind the assailants' vehicle, prompted many Westerners to leave the kingdom.
		ABB Lummus said all 90 of its foreign employees in Yanbu were leaving.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-05-04-saudi-attack_x.htm (834 words)

	Saudi American Relations - Fact Sheet - Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - Map
		These industrial complexes, built at Jubail on the Arabian Gulf and Yanbu on the Red Sea by the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, are the key to the Kingdom's national industrialization plans.
		As part of the Kingdom's determination to optimize its energy resources, the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu implemented a two stage project to conserve and then exploit the Kingdom's enormous reserves of natural gas in the eastern region.
		Then it proceeded with the construction of a double pipeline, running from east to west across the Kingdom to transport oil and gas from Jubail to Yanbu in order to supply energy for the many industrial projects which Yanbu undertook and to facilitate the export of these energy products from the Red Sea coast.
	www.saudi-us-relations.org /Fact_Sheets/FS_Yanbu1.html (496 words)

	H I G G I - H O T E L - Y A N B U (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Al Higgi Hotel was the first hotel to be established in Yanbu 20 years back to serve the people seamen and businessman at the beginning time of the infrastructure for the Yanbu Royal Commission.
		The hotel is classified as a 3-star Hotel in Yanbu, but by its exclusive facilities, the hotel is to be considered the top and the first to be used frequently by families, businessmen, travelers, official delegations and companies representatives.
		The Yanbu Royal Commission, is just 10 minutes drive, the distance might not be even calculated to discover the beautiful waves of the Red sea and the enjoyment of the sea view as well as various sites for scuba divers and lovers of sun and sands….
	www.higgihotel.com (175 words)

	Middle East Online
		YANBU, Saudi Arabia - The body of one of five Westerners killed in a shooting rampage in the Saudi port of Yanbu was stripped naked and dragged behind the gunmen's getaway car, witnesses and press reports said Sunday.
		Reports that "the bodies of two victims of the ugly attack in Yanbu, including one American, were mutilated and dragged through the streets...
		ABB said it would be pulling out about 100 people including expatriate staff and their families from Yanbu although the decision does not affect ABB's other activities in Saudi Arabia.
	www.middle-east-online.com /english/?id=9859 (757 words)

	Hunt for Famous Explorers Yanbu Elementary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Yanbu is located beside the Red Sea, which is known for its beautiful water and tropical fish.
		Yanbu is a smaller city of about 60,000 inhabitants and was created by the Saudi government by a royal commission as a model city which supports oil refineries and the petrochemical industry.
		We are the only international school in Yanbu, and many nationalities attend our school, including Pakistanis, Lebanese, Indians, North Americans, Europeans, Filipinos and many more.
	www.kidlink.org /KIDPROJ/explorers01/yanbu.htm (162 words)

	Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu
		On 21 September 1975, the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu (RCJY) was established as an autonomous organization of the Saudi Government.
		The mandate of the RCJY is to implement the physical and social infrastructure required for the development of Jubail and Yanbu areas as industrial cities.
		The overall development of Jubail and Yanbu accomplished with an investment of $20 billion has witnessed the creation of over 200 industries that have invested over $42 billion, providing employment for over 85.000 workers.
	www.rcriyadh.gov.sa (359 words)

	USATODAY.com - Foreigners plan to leave Saudi Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		YANBU, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Western oil industry workers finalized their plans Monday to leave Saudi Arabia after gunmen killed five of their colleagues in a shooting rampage in this industrial city and dragged one victim through the streets.
		Saudi troops have deployed heavy weaponry to guard foreigners' houses and offices in Yanbu, 220 miles north of the Red Sea port of Jiddah.
		The wounded — reports on the number ranged from 25 to 50 — were recovering at Yanbu's Royal Commission Hospital.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-05-02-yanbu-attacks_x.htm (794 words)

	Parsons Project Profile--Madinat Yanbu Al-Siniayah
		A Royal Commission was established in 1976 by King Khaled, successor to King Faisal, a ministerial-level entity whose task it was to oversee the implementation of the master plan.
		Working with Parsons and its local subsidiary, Saudi Arabian Parsons Ltd., the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu inaugurated the commencement of construction work in January 1978.
		Yanbu's 322,000-bpd Saudi Aramco-Mobil Refinery produces gasoline, diesel, kerosene, fuel oil, and sulfur for export.
	www.parsons.com /about/press_rm/potm/01-2002/index.html (242 words)

	!-- Yanbu Industrial College --!
		Twenty three years ago, all that could be seen at Yanbu was an insignificant Red Sea fishing port, surrounded by an arid coastal plain.
		The new Industrial City of Yanbu was planned as the spearhead for the modernisation of the whole of Saudi Arabia's rural north-western coastal region.
		By 1988, eight heavy industries were operating in Yanbu, including the Yanbu Petroleum Refinery (YPR), which received international acclaim for its safety and efficiency record, and the Al-Lajeen Aluminium Smelting Plant, designed to produce 220,000 tons of aluminium per year.
	www.yic.edu.sa /b9.htm (999 words)

	Gunmen kill 6 Westerners in attack at Saudi oil plant - The Boston Globe
		One of the attackers was reportedly on the Saudi kingdom's list of most-wanted terrorists, many of them suspects in two suicide attacks last year on foreign housing compounds in the capital, Riyadh.
		Three of the gunmen worked at the contractor's office in the industrial city of Yanbu, 220 miles north of the Red Sea city of Jiddah; they used their key cards to enter the building and sneak another attacker through an emergency gate, according to an Interior Ministry source quoted by the official Saudi Press Agency.
		In another, near-simultaneous attack in the city yesterday, a pipe bomb was thrown over a wall of Yanbu International School, causing minor damage and slightly injuring a custodian, according to the Overseas Security Advisory Council, which shares security information between the US government and the private sector.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/05/02/gunmen_kill_6_westerners_in_attack_at_saudi_oil_plant (691 words)

	The Spokesman-Review.com
		YANBU, Saudi Arabia -- American and European families packed their bags Sunday after a deadly attack on foreigners, and traumatized Saudi schoolchildren recounted how the attackers proudly summoned them to watch them drag a victim's body through the streets.
		The streets of Yanbu were eerily quiet a day after four brothers went on a bloody rampage that killed five Westerners and a Saudi.
		The more than 100 employees of ABB Lummus in Yanbu all decided to leave with their families within days, company spokesman Bjorn Edlund told the Associated Press.
	www.spokesmanreview.com /allstories-news-story.asp?date=050304&ID=s1516135 (570 words)

	Yanbu` al Bahr Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Through policies and programs implemented from the beginning: Yanbu's natural air and water resources are nearly as pour as before the city's development.
		Offshore coral reefs and the mangroves near the port-one of the largest stands of these plants on the Red Sea north of Jeddah- are being preserved in their natural state.
		Through soil stabilization and landscaping programs, Yanbu's desert site has become an urban oasis, which attracts more species of birds and other wildlife to the site than it supported 20 years ago.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Middle_East/Saudi_Arabia/Mintaqat_al_Madinah/Yanbu_al_Bahr-1806137/Things_To_Do-Yanbu_al_Bahr-R-1.html (752 words)

	Yanbu Cement \| company profile, background, key figures
		Yanbu Cement Company was established in 1977 to manufacture and supply cement for the northeast of the kingdom.
		Analysts say the domestic cement market is swamped with overproduction, and that strong demand for Yanbu's cement may be the localized product of developments in Yanbu industrial city.Yanbu Cement, like other Saudi cement companies, recorded significant profits in the early 1990s.
		After a peak was hit in 1994, Yanbu Cement's earnings eased between 1995 and 1997 but record profits were reported in 1998, headline figures released in late January 1999 revealed.
	www.ameinfo.com /financial_markets/Saudi_Arabia/Company_SA0072 (409 words)

	SUSRIS - Gunmen Attack in Yanbu - #2
		ABB Lummus, the employer of five expats killed on May 1, said all 90 of its expatriate staff and around 30 dependents were being evacuated from Yanbu.
		Saudi Arabia has denied that any of the victims of a shooting spree in the Red Sea port of Yanbu on Saturday were mutilated or dragged through the streets.
		None of Yanbu attack victims were mutilated: Saudi Arabia
	www.saudi-us-relations.org /articles/2004/ioi/040502-yanbu-attack2.html (365 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Investments in Yanbu to cross SR 200 bn
		05-07-05 The new industrial city in Yanbu (Yanbu-2), to be completed by 2019, will include industrial projects worth SR 115 bn, according to Prince Saud i bn Abdullah i bn Thunayan, chairman of the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu.
		"We in Yanbu are looking forward to the crown prince's visit and are very happy for this meeting which reflects the tremendous support that the Royal Commission (RC) receives from our leaders," he said.
		Another project is the Industrial Gases National Company factory (second phase), owned 70 % by SABIC and 30 % by a group of national companies for a capital investment of SR 236 mm and produces 900 tons daily of oxygen and nitrogen, which began operating this year.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/ntm52934.htm (457 words)

	ExxonMobil in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Saudi Yanbu Petrochemical Company, known as Yanpet, started up in 1985 and is the world’s largest polyethylene plant.
		It helped make possible the development of the Yanbu area and provided a major export outlet for the Kingdom on the Red Sea coast.
		ExxonMobil, throughout most of its history in the Kingdom, has participated and continues to partner with the Saudi private sector in numerous ventures spanning a wide range of activities, including lube additives manufacturing, lubes blending, lubes and fuels marketing, and chemicals terminaling.
	exxonmobil.com /Corporate/Newsroom/Publications/XOMSaudi/page_3.html (363 words)

	Radisson SAS Hotel Yanbu, Saudi Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Yanbu is one of the oldest cities in the country with Lawrence Of Arabia's home located down town and King Solomon's mines close by.
		A great deal of popular sporting activities is available here, such as sea diving, deep-sea fishing and snorkelling.
		Numerous dining venues are available at the hotel, with one offering casual open-air dining, another providing all-day-dining with an international cuisine and yet another serving light snacks and offering magnificent views of the sea.
	www.ebookers.com /cheap_hotels/saudi_arabia/radisson_sas_hotel_yanbu.html (168 words)

	Black Saturday in Yanbu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The body of one of the suspected terrorists who was burned to death lies on the roadside in Yanbu on Saturday.
		YANBU, 2 May 2004 — Five Western expatriates and one National Guard soldier were shot dead after militants attacked the office of a US contractor here and then continued a rampage around the Red Sea city.
		Approximately 11 kilometers away, another scene of death and destruction was played out in front of hundreds of witnesses at a busy intersection where the Yanbu headquarters of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth and the Yanbu Municipality buildings are located.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=1§ion=0&article=44186&d=2&m=5&y=2004&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom (967 words)

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