Abstract

Oil is non-arguably the major brand for Khuzestan among the Iranian people. Oil discovery brought massive changes to several parts of the province. New settlements were developed for foreign engineers and businessmen, and numerous nomadic people were settled to play the role of labor for the newborn oil companies. As a result, the landscape of eastern Khuzestan became one of the most advanced parts of the country. However, this landscape is no longer prosperous due to a series of events. Currently, settlements and cities within the eastern landscape of Khuzestan are undergoing challenging circumstances, especially in comparison to those in the early twentieth century. This chapter will briefly review the story of the oil industry in the landscape of eastern Khuzestan, including a short recap of the area’s start, peak, and after-oil circumstances. The next step involves studying a case to better understand the situation. Finally, the study will conclude by introducing potentials and possibilities to regenerate this valuable case of Naft-Sefid as a part of this postindustrial landscape. In this sense, the initial data were gathered by reviewing historical records and related literature, and for the case study, observation and documentation play a central part in conducting the research. The qualitative chapter concludes with a discussion of practical potentials derived from analysis.