Later in 1524 the city was delivered to Governor Heitor da Silveira as an agreement for protection from the Ottomans. In 1798, France ordered General Napoleon to invade Egypt and take control of the Red Sea.
The Suez Canal was opened in November 1869.
In 1949, a deep water survey reported anomalously hot brines in the central portion of the Red Sea.
Later work in the 1960s confirmed the presence of hot, 60 °C (140 °F), saline brines and associated metalliferous muds.
The first island, Sholan Island, emerged in an eruption in December 2011, the second island, Jadid, emerged in September 2013. ===Oilfields=== The Durwara 2 Field was discovered in 1963, while the Suakin 1 Field and the Bashayer 1A Field were discovered in 1976, on the Egyptian side of the Red Sea.
However, the Six-Day War culminated in the closure of the Suez Canal from 1967 to 1975.
The Barqan Field was discovered in 1969, and the Midyan Field in 1992, both within the Midyan Basin on the Saudi Arabian side of the Red Sea.
However, the Six-Day War culminated in the closure of the Suez Canal from 1967 to 1975.
The first island, Sholan Island, emerged in an eruption in December 2011, the second island, Jadid, emerged in September 2013. ===Oilfields=== The Durwara 2 Field was discovered in 1963, while the Suakin 1 Field and the Bashayer 1A Field were discovered in 1976, on the Egyptian side of the Red Sea.
The Barqan Field was discovered in 1969, and the Midyan Field in 1992, both within the Midyan Basin on the Saudi Arabian side of the Red Sea.
The sea is still widening (in 2005, following a three-week period of tectonic activity it had grown by 8m), and it is considered that it will become an ocean in time (as proposed in the model of John Tuzo Wilson).
However, in 2007, Jabal al-Tair island in the Bab el Mandeb strait erupted violently.
Two new islands were formed in 2011 and 2013 in the Zubair Archipelago, a small chain of islands owned by Yemen.
The first island, Sholan Island, emerged in an eruption in December 2011, the second island, Jadid, emerged in September 2013. ===Oilfields=== The Durwara 2 Field was discovered in 1963, while the Suakin 1 Field and the Bashayer 1A Field were discovered in 1976, on the Egyptian side of the Red Sea.
Two new islands were formed in 2011 and 2013 in the Zubair Archipelago, a small chain of islands owned by Yemen.
The first island, Sholan Island, emerged in an eruption in December 2011, the second island, Jadid, emerged in September 2013. ===Oilfields=== The Durwara 2 Field was discovered in 1963, while the Suakin 1 Field and the Bashayer 1A Field were discovered in 1976, on the Egyptian side of the Red Sea.
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