Jubail, Saudi Arabia: The World's Largest Industrial City

[@edwardgardner4625]

Used to live in Jubail.... quite enjoyed it. Driving through the industrial zone is an awesome sight.

[@muhannadalatawi]

Especially at night.

[@arixander7913]

i know Im quite off topic but does anybody know of a good place to stream newly released series online ?

[@ab-ts7md]

I grew up there in the 80s. Camp 10.

[@brianrockwood2018]

If it's not big enough for Mega Projects, I'd love to see an in-depth dive into the Soviet Union moving over 1,500 factories east to avoid German capture...not to mention the 16 million Soviet civilians moved from said areas to run the factories.

[@antoniovillanueva308]

That should be Mega.

[@acommenter]

The davy crockett was big enough to be a megaproject

[@CausticLemons7]

@@antoniovillanueva308 The industrialization of the Soviet Union between the wars is really megaprojects worthy. Going from an agrarian Tsardom to a one of the largest manufacturers in the world in such a short time is crazy....crazy bloody, but still impressive.

[@Aziz_Alyousif]

Explain plz.. Do you mean Iran? If yes.. Then search for (Fahad) line in mid 80s Simply.. They don't dare to cross Fahad line. Iran can't be compared with Germany during World War

[@ASWE15]

When i entered the city The views of the industrial zone reminded me of the beginning scenes from blade runner

[@rafpac]

Some ideas for Sideprojects or Megaprojects: - Mont-Blanc-Tunnel - Aiguille du Midi cable car - German Autobahn - European Power Grid - Illwerke - Complex of smaller hydroelectric power plants in Vorarlberg(Austria) region since 1920s - USSR bunkers under the cities in East Europe (in general)

[@bobfg3130]

Some of these are too vague.

[@ikirachen]

good ideas i like em :)

[@mohammadal-qurashi1884]

Greetings from Jubail 🙋🏻‍♂️ !!!

[@Ryan-tt9os]

if you drive from town ( called Jubail balad) to the other end of the city reaching the Royal Commisssion area, it takes about 20 minutes granted you are driving at an average speed of 100 km/hour, that long stretch in between covers the length of the industrial zone alone. It beautiful to see this area at night; looks like Gotham City in batman.

[@chrisbartlett1173]

Watch out for the speed cameras!!

[@muhannadalatawi]

@@chrisbartlett1173 took 1 ticket there.

[@omostim2385]

100km/hour? More like 140km/hr the way Saudi’s drive. Zoom🚗💨

[@Ryan-tt9os]

Yes many Saudis drive at 140 sometimes over, but I think the speed limit is 120.

[@yakmi1116]

Jubail authorities are planting trees as much as they could to try to "reduce" air pollution. Also the authorities put a really high fines and sanctions for the industries that don't change their chimney air filters .

[@iamnoone7]

Yea they doing great job we hope all the conutry have the same mangmanet in aljubil

[@عبدالله-ن6ه2ص]

There are other things in Saudi Arabia that need films such as: 1. The largest clock in the world is located in Mecca 2. The tallest fountain in the world is located in Jeddah 3. The largest gas field in the world is called Al-Jafurah, which is located in Saudi Arabia 4. The story of ACWA Power, which was able to produce solar energy at the lowest production cost in the world 5. The story of the land road that linked Saudi Arabia to the Sultanate of Oman bypassing the difficult conditions by overcoming the problem of the Empty Quarter sands 6. King Fahd Causeway linking Bahrain with Saudi Arabia And many other projects.

[@waheedzaman5702]

I spent almost 7 years in Jubail. Working as a Elec Qc Inspector on different projects in different plants. I am in Love in Jubail city.

[@AlMamun-mr3sh]

Have there any factory of beximco Pharma?

[@Aziz_Alyousif]

I hope those 7 years are blessed

[@gibiness]

Been living and working in Jubail for 10yrs til now

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

Oh. Now what?

[@abdulaziznasser2122]

@Michael Healy there aren’t really much but we’re not all rich either

[@DetMiko]

I worked in Jubail for 6 years under NESMA and Partners. We constructed four projects, the Jubail Export Refinery Complex - Fluid Catalytic Cracker and the Coker (JER - FCC) that is inside the SATORP mentioned in the video, the Nylon 6.6 Conversion Center, the SADARA refinery complex, and the Jubail Bulk Plant for exporting oil and other by-products. Around 5 pm all the refinery’s flares are turned on to burn waste gas before it will exit out to the open air. At night you can literally smell bunt fuel in the air since there are cities of refinery after refinery around the whole area. Great experience, hard but great.

[@amaccama3267]

My dad used to talk about this place. That was really good. Thanks.

[@6rban100k]

When I was young I remember lots of white Caucasians live there.

[@hammoz8579]

Greetings from Jubail :)

[@travelguy78]

The capacity of the King Fahd port is far above 52658 Tonnes. I think someone might have forgotten a Million there. One ship can carry more than 300.000 Tonnes.

[@guesswho1876]

I can't believe it, a western KZbinr talked about something positive in my country.

[@fatalfury66]

growing up i have always heard nothing but good things about Saudi Arabia, and in my work, i have met a few people from there. Good people they were.

[@nickdaveNDM]

Why would you assume it would be any different? Saudi Arabia is one of the west's biggest allies in the Middle East. Like any country there is plenty bad and plenty good to say

[@4lyfMotorhead]

It's because Saudi Arabia is still cutting hands off people for stealing like its 1,665 and other such backward behavior.

[@SAM7c1]

@@4lyfMotorhead no its lie

[@16green]

@@4lyfMotorhead it's a lie man. All these are myths

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:20 - Chapter 1 - A brief history of jubail 2:50 - Chapter 2 - Investment benefits & incentives 4:55 - Chapter 3 - A massive engineering project 6:40 - Chapter 4 - Infrastructure in jubail 6:55 - Chapter 4.1 - Independent Water & Power Project 7:45 - Chapter 4.2 - The king fahd ports 8:30 - Chapter 4.3 - Mega recycling initiative 9:10 - Chapter 4.4 - The satorp mega refinery 9:55 - Chapter 4.5 - The east/west pipeline 10:40 - Chapter 5 - Jubail industrial city

[@lucianomniahd]

Do one about Bechtel! Is ridiculously big and involved in too many huge projects!

[@theautisticbiscuit307]

I work for bechtel here in Australia in the mining industry

[@lucianomniahd]

@@theautisticbiscuit307 I worked for Bechtel in San Francisco in 2000, in telecom industry! They construct highways in Romania. They have a finger in every pie!

[@arbaz79]

Never heard of them before

[@shekharpaul966]

BETCHTEL USA is the sole custodian for Engineering Management for Jubail industrial City for last 50 Yrs.

[@generaldissaray4109]

at this point i'm starting to think that simon is trolling all of of and this is the real megaprojects channel.

[@DomoKuchikan]

I have been noticing the same trend. I guess it is a matter of definition, so these days i ignore whether the video is from his "mega...." or "side..." channel, as long as there is a "...project" in there XD

[@TheNinjaDC]

I think Sideprojects has become the, "it's a mega project, but easily available info is harder to find." Not that info isn't there, just you'd need to deep dive to do the video justice, and at 3 mega project vids a week (and 30 other videos Simon works on), any slowdown from normal won't fly.

[@StephLynnWard]

I’m a woman living in Jubail. Swam at the beach almost weekly while the water was nice. Most beaches are family beaches. I don’t know why this type of misinformation gets perpetuated.

[@mairaahmed2783]

heyy stephanie! how long have you been living in jubail for?

[@thayrathyn]

IDEAS FOR SIMON: Trbovlje Power Station: The Tallest Chimney in Europe (read as: terbowlye) Slovene Kras: The Region That Gave the Karst Phenomena its Name Predjama Castle: The Castle in the Cave (read as: predyama) The Soča River: The Emerald River that Ran Red During WWI (read as: socha) Maribor: City with the Oldest Vine in the World Franja Hospital: Secret WWII Mountain Hospital (read as: franya)

[@Sideprojects]

You legend, you even provided titles. Don't be surprised when you see some of these :D

[@thomasmathew19]

Jubail is a great place to live and work. I did work there from 1993 to 2020.... Enjoyed and good money

[@Kingmeri]

I worked there. It is a very interesting place.

[@fatalfury66]

Saudi Arabia is on my bucket list to visit. Everything i hear about it's cities is really cool, and makes me wanna visit. This is the same! the scope and scale of this city is amazing!

[@fatalfury66]

@@kazisamir3411 if I may ask, why? I know it's an important holiday, I just don't know any of the details of it

[@fatalfury66]

@@kazisamir3411 gotcha! Thanks for the tip

[@Abdullah7H]

@@fatalfury66 I agree, avoid the month of Ramadan, most of the population are fasting and, at least for now, the restaurants/cafes close up most of the daytime. I’d recommend visiting Riyadh, Jeddah, khobar and maybe places in the north and south of the kingdom, a trip to the proper desert would be brilliant too. Also, try and visit during the winter please, summer is in no way fun, you might be able to persevere it but it’d just be unnecessarily torturous. 😅 Lastly, if things keep on progressing the way they are and at the same pace (especially socially), in five years or so the country will hopefully be even a better place to visit! In any case, you’re more than welcome here mate!

[@fatalfury66]

@@Abdullah7H oh i am well familiar with the desert. Been living in the Sonoran desert since i was a kid, if i make it over, winter it is!

[@paulfillingham2958]

When I worked in Saudi over 30 years ago the Dammam Jubail road was considered one of the most dangerous in the world. There were loads of foreign workers working at Aramco wore T shirts with the logo - I survived the Jubail road.

[@waleed8530]

Highway of death. too many trucks with big cargo. it's gotten better (speed cameras) but I still dislike it.

[@Aziz_Alyousif]

Am glad that you have survived.. And yes we drive crazy.. Death rate used to be the highest globally.. Not anymore..

[@SmokenAces88]

I'm only here to watch Simon say "In The World........"

[@glendownton]

He's been hanging out with Jeremy Clarkson

[@Yebogurl]

Came here just to post that too 😂

[@Omegatonboom]

@@glendownton I was gonna say that lol

[@yes0r787]

Best part of KZbin

[@acommenter]

megaprojects - a davy crockett sideprojects - an entire city

[@abdullahh.al-qahtani782]

Hi from Jubail to all, Thanks for sheding some lights on this impressive project ... A unique & inspiring success story for Saudis!! Smart utilization of international resources and collaboration with global leaders. Unfortunate to see extremists commenting on some thing they may never lived in or knew about.. It just because they do not like someone to mention positive view of others ... Very proud of my country and my city ...

[@karlpanahon158]

I have probably gone up and down that Khobar - Jubail Highway hundreds of times. Always was fascinated by the size of every project and every locator.

[@birdbon3s]

Simon you’re the best !! Top class content consistently it’s unreal

[@pamelamays4186]

I'm not sure if this would be a Mega or a Side, but, I'm suggesting the Alaskan Pipeline. Thanks Simon!

[@mr.momobami4975]

Simon I noticed that the Korean War is pretty much missing as a subject on all of your channels. It might be a good idea to dig into this on Geografics or so, and making some vids for the other channels along the way. As always great vid and have a nice day!

[@freesk8]

The Korean conflict was never declared as a war by Congress. So many people refer to it as the Korean Conflict.

[@spritemon98]

I think he covered Korea at some point

[@mr.momobami4975]

@@freesk8 thanks for clarifying but I have never heard it named anything different than Korean war. Have a nice day man appreciate your comment!👍

[@mr.momobami4975]

@@spritemon98 I am pretty sure he did but I would really appreciate a in depth video talking about the conflict how it started, what was happening in between and what the aftermath was. A lot of information is spread apart many videos. It would be great if he could make a video like he once did about Pol Pot in Cambodia on the Geographics channel.

[@terryarmbruster7986]

Has covered a fair bit over all the channels

[@KSAJoHn]

EYYYYYY JUBAIL MY CITY, BORN AND RAISED YESSSSIRRR

[@MrNbinfinity]

I DO LIKE IT WHEN THE TOPIC IS SOMETHING I PERSONALLY HAVE ZERO KNOWLEDGE OF... THIS CHECKS THAT BOX. THANKS SIMON!

[@yottamg]

In that case, you may also like an episode on best text formatting practices... or the proper use of the "Shift" keys.

[@devanduckworth5709]

In other words. Please quit telling at me.

[@SD457500]

Great video! Have you looked at doing a video on Wilmerding, PA? The city was built around The Westinghouse Airbrake Company. You could also do a biographics on George Westinghouse; he revolutionized the railroad industry, and was a big influencer in making AC (he partnered with Tesla) what it is today.

[@SeanParries]

I love your channel and now can't get enough of your videos!!! WOW, you are one interesting person!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kingjames4886]

simons head; the world's largest industrial channel.

[@beAdamant]

Just knew that it is the largest industrial city in the world 😅 thanks

[@geilootv]

please cover the world largest steel plant in gwangyang next.

[@milk-it]

Yes, and the companies that supply iron ore to it!

[@jerzx777]

I'm working here Simon, all i can say that its really big !

[@tariqal-ghazal5008]

The Middle East needs more places like this ... They need to compete Economically instead of competing politically

[@chicomarx213]

Topic suggestion: NYC aqueduct and/or NYC subway system...I think our boy with the blaze would do these topics justice. Have at it Simon...👍✌👍👊

[@Eng_zh]

Thanks Simon for featuring my hometown, Jubail Industrial City 😍🙏🏻

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@dennistomsen5822]

SimCity called, it wants the city back.

[@عبدالله-د7ق3ظ]

Me Abdullah AlZahrani, Scott Meter (Contract Super Visor) , Micky Martin (Mechanical Engineer) , Terry Johnson (Civil Engineer), Sima Sicali (Civil Engineer), Garret Capers (Area Manager), Omar Daghestani, Ali AlGhamdi as a team worked in the expansion of this project back in 2006. I miss that team

[@bandar1983]

Thank you. Really good materials. Happened to be I live in Jubail & I work for SABIC. & I appreciate what you have said the whole 12:28 minutes.

[@Ryker9]

Surprisingly it’s less polluted than every major city in the world. A monument of enviromental engineering and planning. The residential area and landscape is even more beautiful,peaceful and green than other cities in the Kingdom

[@Bearodon]

Swedish cold war projects, we used to be quite scared living inbetween the USSR and the US. We built huge bunkers and developed great war machines and weapons.

[@EtotheFnD]

It would be very very different since this isn't a man-made side project, but I would like to see how you cover the nuclear reactor in Oklo, Africa

[@bobfg3130]

Geographics might be a better solution.

[@EtotheFnD]

@@bobfg3130 good call .... on their next video i will make the request .... thanks for the input

[@Animoro1]

Nuclear reactor that isn't man-made? Now that is soemthing intresting, first time I hear about it tbh

[@Mich4elCorleone]

Being born and raised in this, yeah I can confirm that it is massive. Driving 30 km at 120km per hour and your whole right view is basically factories. The architecture of the city's neighborhoods and their infrastructure is insane which I haven't seen in any part of the world. Could you imagine streets without manholes? That's Jubail. The lesson I have learned was that if you have more chefs cooking one meal, itll go bad. Meaning that if you have plots of a city developed by different contractors, designers (the most important) plus gov, what you are going to get is a city that will have bad traffic in the future, over populated etc. which none exists in Jubail since it is controlled by one designer (Bechtel) only.

[@Craftlngo]

why do I get the constant feeling of seeing a 12 minute commercial instead of a critical view on the thematic?

[@LoryMVCHANNEL]

Assalam alaikum ! Greetings from Jubail City.

[@paullee3009]

My dad , mum and sister lived there and were evacuated just as the first gulf war got going Dad worked in the refinery Thank you for the video very cool

[@Aziz_Alyousif]

I've been living in Jubail since 1982 non of the time been evacuated.. Except Sadaf company had a sabotage fire in one of chemical tank storage.. The guy been captured same day.. Iranian sponsored terrorism

[@philhowells7715]

Simon, with so many channels now up and running, you must make a few bloopers. We know you're good, but you're not that good. You should set up a Bloopers channel showing a compilation of all your bloopers from your other channels that week, please 🙏

[@secretagent86]

he is a good narrator which makes him sound like he does the research himself...until one of those bloopers lol

[@Kellen6795]

Sounds like an idea for another channel!

[@andylivstirling]

I could have watched this all day great video!

[@davidtucker3729]

Thanks Simon. Was not aware of this city and it seems it qualifies as a mega mega project. Gotta say that the planning involved is really on a massive scale.

[@J3scribe]

If you're looking at any particular subject, do Bechtel. 12 hours worth of material, easily.

[@abdulazizalqahtani1642]

Yes two of my friends are working for them and Bechtel has some dark history

[@nidarizwan6926]

Living in jubail from past 13 years the night view of industrial area is like mini paris to me..... ❤

[@IconoclasticFeverDream]

You should do an episode on Saudi Aramco and their housing compounds for employees: Dhahran, Ras Tanura, etc. Massive infrastructure and support for supply chain

[@fdetha]

Nice report. Yes my grandfather was fishing man here in jubail an i am in chemical operations

[@davidnour6963]

Been to Jubail. Nice video, thank you Simon. Woukd the Internet Of Things qualify? I think it will be very big!

[@cdevreeze2186]

This designers of Jubail are probabily cities skylines experts after this

[@NSQDon]

Chemical engineer, born, raised & working in Jubail, Cheers!

[@AAxd113]

Big hi from Jubail

[@totalinsight9888]

I detect a tinge of sarcasm in the speach and tone of the narrator.

[@JS-pb6gb]

You should consider doing a video on the union buildings in South Africa

[@michaelhowell2326]

...Where predators don't kill... It reminds me of the Lion that eats Tofu on Futurama.

[@eggsaladsamich7396]

Thanks simon

[@samarchatterjee5884]

Thanks for this Great video on jubail 👍🌷

[@babaruskie]

My father worked for Bechtel and actually helped build this city.

[@guesswho1876]

Tell him: Thank you (from a local person who lives there now)

[@ab-ts7md]

Same. I lived in camp 10.

[@manuelcalavera7272]

Sabic is headquartered in Riyadh not jubail.

[@jhkock6212]

What an important place! So much money invested in building this. A 7% contribution to *Saudi Arabia*'s GDP must be quite a lot! Could you imagine the protection this place enjoys during times of war?!

[@Aziz_Alyousif]

It's not only this place.. This is the land of profit Ibrahim peace be upon him "Remember Abraham said: "O my Lord! make this city one of peace and security: and preserve me and my sons from worshipping idols" Chapter 14 Ibrahim verse 35

[@fueldriver27]

Was there in the late 90s onboard a Navy ship. To hot for me.

[@earlofsmeg]

I was wondering if you've ever made any videos of Alexandria, Egypt. I find that city incredibly interesting. There are many suggestions as well. Muscat in Oman. Maybe some of those kibbutzes in Israel.

[@Coltoid]

You should do a video on Toronto’s PATH network. It is a subterranean labyrinth connecting buildings on a massive scale, you never have to go outside in bad weather. It holds the record for largest underground mall on Earth and it is always expanding.

[@StevenLockey]

I'm very curious how this is a side-project and the hunt for the unabomber which cost total $50 million is a mega project lol

[@TheGreg6466]

doesn't look that big on google maps until you see how small the oil tanker ships are in comparison

[@rasheedcp91]

Watching from Jubail :p

[@alfannan1990]

The overall theme of the city (residential area) is similar to that in Houston, TX .. many Americans who visited the city have that impression 😅

[@TheChargerMan]

I live here in Jubail, Saudi Arabia!

[@paulrouth5997]

Looks like a good but limited recycling plan, increased efficiency in power plants, but only passing mention of waste stream management and no mention of any kind how much pollution is generated by 'the world's largest industrial city'.

[@yukihime9]

Since you covered the raising of Chicago, another similar side project is the raising of Galveston Island, Texas after the 1900 hurricane that nearly destroyed the city. Also the construction of the seawall around Galveston island.

[@weirdstuff4965]

I'm so proud to be living in Jubail Saudi Arabia!

[@bocelotto7459]

How about a show on the inventions and innovations from Precision Valley , Springfield,VT ??

[@handyandyaus]

An annual cargo volume of 52,658 tons? I think you may be missing just a few zeroes there Simon...

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you

[@waleed8530]

This is my hometown. The S.Koreans (Hyundai) built the industrial sea port, I believe it was their first project in the region (Note: the head of the S.Korean delegation was thinking of committing suicide in case he didn't win the tender against the Americans). The Royal Commission acts as a mini-government, while SABIC along with other nearby companies are the money box. Unfortunately, SABIC lost %40 of it's value, you also have the Chinese, they literally change the logo color and one letter and flooding the market with fake products.

[@terryarmbruster7986]

Simon make a great comic book villain 👍😎

[@BeccaLovesSRK]

I'm just imagining how many dinosaurs must have lived near there

[@BlueViper8907]

Simon I'm literally interested in any topic you cover. Maybe not profitable but I'd buy a blueray collection of all your videos

[@redlindholm8451]

Simon you are the man. Mega Project what Brian Rockwood said below my post!!

[@chicomarx213]

Wow-a Beach with NO girls...saddest damn thing I've ever heard.

[@ArabianCrescent]

At least we aren't creeps in beaches looking at young girls.

[@AlecsNeo]

@@ArabianCrescent you are creeps looking at men i guess

[@Ahmed-Bin-Koshari]

@@AlecsNeo When you are too used to look at others you tend to think everyone is doing the same

[@chris24lawing]

Have you done a video on the Alaskan Pipeline yet?

[@prof_nv5629]

Could you do one on the Great Walls of Benin and the Ancient City of Benin, Sungbo's Eredo, The Walls of Kano and The Great Mosque of Djenne

[@Zwidawurzn]

Megaproject/Sideproject suggestion: Kowloon Walled City

[@bloyear]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpS2c4KLpcyhna8

[@Zwidawurzn]

@@bloyear ah nice didn't see that, thanks for the link!

[@martinkotze5776]

Do one about the Boer war of south africa

[@Veptis]

What is the judgement for creative and non creative names?

[@micksmithson6724]

I lived in Jubayl, awesome place. Great Corniche, Lulu Hypermarket sells literally everything and Jarir Bookstore. People are some of the friendliest in Saudi. Oh but the roads are lethal ;) Literally the worst driving ever!

[@مشعلالحارثي-ج3ش]

The Saudi people are the best professionals who drive in different ways

[@picksleet9268]

We are literally the worst

[@skeksis268]

52,658 tons is.... not very much? E.g. the 10th largest port in the UK, Belfast, did 18.9 million tons in 2018. Maybe out by a factor of 1000?

[@keithprice4711]

He must have got the figures wrong, no way it's only 52k

[@SpicyTrifongo]

Pretty sure the shot at @1:26 is from Cities Skylines. Or at least sped up, look at how the cars jet around the roundabout.