Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates border dispute

The border dispute between these two countries has been happening
for a long time. The original dispute started in the early 1970s when
Saudi Arabia wanted to gain the territory necessary for it to gain
access to the Persian Gulf . The territioyr that was needed for this to
happen was a 25km corridor eastward form Khawr al Udayd In return
the Saudis were going to let the UAE keep six villages and most of the
La-Zafra desert. However the oil rights of the Zarrara field are still
considered the belonging of Saudi Arabia. Neither country however is
supposed to attempt the drilling of this area. This is what was laid
down in a treaty in 1974 that the Saudis recognize as law but the UAE
has never formally recognized the treaty or met its demands. This is
because the UAE was basically forced to sign the treaty because of
threat of military invasion for the Saudis. The Saudis saw the UAE as
weak in 1974 because they had just become separate form Brittan and
no longer had a friend to fight for them. The Saudis have turned the
treaty into the United Nations for approval. The United Nations has yet
to deny or confirm the treaty as official.
Saudi Border

UAE Border

In the maps you can see the disputed border on the left of the maps.
The border of the UAE map extends all the way to Qatar while the map
that the Saudis use the UAE ends right about the village of Ash
Shibhanah. You may also notice that the other borders do not change
any noticeable amount between the two maps so where is the territory
that the UAE was to gain.
In recent time the UAE has clamed that they do not recognize the
treaty and were threatened into sinning the original 1974 treaty. In
2004 the UAE officially opened the treaty negotiations back up by
starting a public campaign to persuade the Saudis to revisit parts of
the treaty. The Saudis did not responded well to that and it has since
nearly been the cause of a military conflict between the two nations.
The current dispute also causes problems with Identity cards and pass
ports because people of the disputed territory do not know where they

need to go to get this type of stuff. The largest pressing issue most
recently has been the oil rights.. with both countries being nearly
economically dependent on the oil in their countries they are fighting
for the oil.
AS far as the future goes their does not seem to be an end in sight of
the conflict because neither party wants to budge on the issue
therefore it is essentially a stale mate. There may become a greater
conflict if one of the countries decides to try to drill the oil in the
disputed desert oil field. Until this happens the conflict will probably
remain un solved.
Deputed border crossing causes delays as this photo clearly shows.

sourceses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia
United_Arab_Emirates_border_dispute
https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10871/14543
http://almanakh.org/?m=200906