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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 Subject Concessions, Oil, Bahrain

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3821

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3821
Title:
Coll 30/102 'Bahrain Oil Concession: Negotiations between (a) the Iraq Petroleum Coy. and (b) the Standard Oil of California regarding the Bahrain oil concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations involving the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC), the Standard Oil Company of California, the Texas Corporation, and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) over the rights to exploit oil in Bahrain. The file includes correspondence from the Political Resident in the Pers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Oct 1934-4 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (112 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3850

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3850
Title:
Coll 30/121 'Bahrain Oil Concession: Reservation by the Bahrain Petroleum Company of land not within the original reservation.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns applications by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) to the Government of Bahrain for reservations of land for refinery purposes in addition to those reserved under the terms of Articles I and II of the Mining Lease dated 29 December 1934. The additional reservations, which la...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1935-8 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (50 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3852

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3852
Title:
Coll 30/123 'Bahrain (Unallotted Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) over oil concession rights in the Bahrain Unallotted Area (also referred to as the Additional Area), i.e. those parts of Bahrain territory not forming part of the concession awarded to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1935-18 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (398 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3854

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3854
Title:
Coll 30/123(2) 'Bahrein (Unallotted Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations between the Government of Bahrain and two oil companies: Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) over oil concession rights in the Bahrain Unallotted Area, i.e. those parts of Bahrain territory (including the Hawar Islands), an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 May 1938-19 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (596 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3855

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3855
Title:
Coll 30/123(3) 'Bahrein (Unallotted Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with the Bahrain Petroleum Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file title has been amended from 'Petroleum Concessions Ltd' to read 'the Bahrain Petroleum Company'. The file concerns negotiations between the Government of Bahrain and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), which resulted in the Company receiving exclusive oil concession rights over the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1939-6 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (547 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3895

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3895
Title:
Coll 30/159 'Ownership of Hawar Islands.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the disputed claims of the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar to sovereignty over the Hawar Islands. The issue arose afresh in 1936 in response to a request from Petroleum Concessions Limited to settle the issue of ownership, in order that the Company could claim oil concession rights...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1936-15 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (179 folios)