Saudis can now pass through the
Rub al-Khali (Empty Quarter) desert, the largest contiguous sand desert in the world, on a road that links Saudi Arabia to Oman.
Mark Evans traveled across
Rub Al-Khali, the largest continuous sand desert on earth.
Tribune News Network DOHA Qatar's former world champion Adel Abdulla maintained second position in the T2 standings but lost a little ground to his main rival through the third loop stage of 281.38km in the soft sand dunes of the
Rub Al-Khali on Tuesday.
The Qatari began the day 30min 33sec behind Saudi rival Ahmed Shegawi in his rented Nissan Safari Y61 and he and navigator Nasser al-Kuwari reduced that gap to 29min 24.9sec after crossing the dunes of the
Rub Al-Khali in a time of 5hrs 35min 43sec, despite losing over 10 minutes stuck at the top of a sand dune near the finish.
Shell Left The Empty Quarter Gas JV: Shell in 2015 abandoned the South
Rub al-Khali Co.
The new canal will start from the Arabian Sea and will pass through Omani and Yemeni borders before reaching
Rub Al-Khali or the Empty Quarter in the Kingdom.
The border point which will be called the
Rub Al-Khali ( Empty Quarter ) entry point on the Saudi side and Ramlat Khaliya entry point on the Omani side will considerably reduce travel time between the two neighbours.
Shell-Saudi Aramco joint venture, theSouth
Rub al-Khali Co (SRAK) has alsomade discoveries.
A five-year program includes the acquisition of 5,000 kilometers of seismic data and the drilling of four exploration wells to explore and produce non-associated gas in block C, a 52,000-square km area of the
Rub al-Khali basin.
The exploration area represents some 209.000 km2 in the
Rub al-Khali desert (South).