I never in my life thought I would be drinking a non-alcoholic beer in the Persian Gulf.
Jubail is an industrial city on the coast an hour drive North of my house. You will never hear this body of water referred to as the Persian Gulf because Persia is a reference to Iran. It is always called the Arabian Gulf.
Jubail is the world’s largest industrial city established in 1975. It covers 1,016 square kilometers and includes industrial complexes, major harbour and port facilities.
The goal of the boat trip was to avoid the heat and the industrial areas and travel to an island to snorkel and swim.
To get to the Snorkel area, the boat drove through the Berri offshore oil field. Discovered in 1964, the Berri field commenced crude oil production in 1970. The field is currently capable of producing 250,000 barrels per day of Arab Light crude.
The Berri field was filled with working ships. A friend on the boat was a former offshore worker and was identifying the different types of ships: Dry bulk carriers, re-fueling ships, liquid carriers, dredges and support ships. This ship is coming in to be loaded as it is sitting high in the water.
The temperature at departure was over 100 degrees, but dropped 20 degrees as we got off shore. Pictures of locals taking similar boat trip.
The water was a beautiful color and cool. Not much coral, but plenty of fish to be seen while snorkeling.
Matthew of Arabia 
That’s interesting, about the ships and the snorkeling and…the Saudi “beer.”
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