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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Petroleum refineries Name Bahrain Petroleum Company, 1929-

1. IOR/L/PS/10/1000

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1000
Title:
File 2794/1921 Pt 10 'Oil. Persian Gulf. Bahrain. Refinery at Bahrain.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to oil prospecting being undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO). The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent in Bahrain; the Chief Local ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933-1938
Extent:
1 file (272 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1001

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1001
Title:
File 2794/1921 Pt 12 'Persian Gulf; oil; Bahrain; acquisition of land on Sitrah Island and reservation of other land elsewhere'
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to oil prospecting being undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO) and the associated acquisition of land on Sitrah Island. Key topics discussed include the BAPCO plans for the development of an oil stor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 file (95 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/681

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/681
Title:
'CONFIDENTIAL 86/9-I OIL REFINERY BAHRAIN PETROLEUM COMPANY. C-64'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the India Office (Maurice Clauson), the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Hamilton R Ballantyne), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch) , the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch), and the Government of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1935-20 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/652

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/652
Title:
‘File 28/1 A Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited – standing orders for their guards’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises letters sent by representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), generally the Chief Local Representative, John S Black, to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), enclosing copies of standing orders issued to their guards and security personnel for the defen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1939-25 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/660

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/660
Title:
‘File 28/1 J Sabotage to oil wells, etc’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and notes containing guidance, issued in response to reports from the War Office, of German plans to sabotage oil fields and refineries and blow up shipping. The file includes: a copy of a telegram from MICE (Middle East Intelligence Centre) in Cairo,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1939-10 Sep 1940
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/661

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/661
Title:
‘File 28/1 K I Defence of oil field and refinery’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, memoranda and reports relating to the military defence of Bahrain’s oil refineries and oil fields during the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent in Bahrain (Hugh Weightman; Major Reginald George Evelin W...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1939-3 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (340 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/662

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/662
Title:
‘File 28/1 K II Defence of oil field and refinery’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence, memoranda and other papers, many marked ‘Most Secret’, relating to plans for the defence and emergency demolition of oil fields and refineries operated by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Bahrain, and to a lesser extent, those operated by the C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1942-30 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (287 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/663

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/663
Title:
‘File 28/1 K III Defence of oil field & refinery’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, memoranda and other papers, many marked ‘Most Secret’, relating to plans for the defence and emergency demolition (‘oil denial’) of oil fields and refineries operated by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Bahrain, and the subsequent abandonment of these de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1942-10 Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (209 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/664

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/664
Title:
‘File 28/1 L I BAPCO refinery guards’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, memoranda and copies of agreements, relating to the recruitment of a defence force in Bahrain, charged with the security and defence of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s (BAPCO) refinery and oil fields. The principal correspondents in the file are the B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1939-25 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 volume (295 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/665

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/665
Title:
‘File 28/1 L II British personnel recruited as refinery guards’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the recruitment, discipline, and resignation of members of the Bahrain Special Defence Police, who were charged with the security and defence of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s (BAPCO) refinery and oil fields. The principal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1942-7 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)