The Importance of Oil Production in the United Arab Emirates

In 1960 oil production had not started and that was just one building in Abu Dhabi. The rest of the so-called town was basically a group of tents or non-permanent constructions for fishermen who must have been 1,000 to 2,000. It's hard to imagine today how sparsely populated, poor and marginal these policies were compared to what we see today.