Sidi Kacem
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Sidi Kacem (Arabic: سيدي قاسم) is a city in Morocco. It is located at around . Oil drilling exploration commenced in the vicinity of Sidi Kacem by the French in 1934; production of crude oil began locally in 1939.[1]
Slightly to the south of Sidi Kacem, in antiquity, Volubilis was an important Roman town near the westernmost border of the Roman Empire. It was built on the site of a previous Carthaginian settlement from the third century BC, if not earlier.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ British Petroleum Company, Our Industry, Petroleum: A Handbook, Published 1977, 600 pages
- ^ C.Michael Hogan, Volubilis, Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham (2007)