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

21. IOR/L/PS/12/1134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1134
Title:
Ext 2385/46 'Gift of island of Um-as-Sabaan to Mr M W Thornberg: visits of Mr Thornberg to Bahrain, etc'
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters relating to the presence of Max Thornburg in Bahrain during 1946, and his plans to settle on the Island of Um-as-Sabban. The papers are speculative exchanges between various the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India on the nature of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1946-15 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/12/1210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1210
Title:
Ext 1940/47 'ENQUIRIES RE VACANCIES IN BAHRAIN OIL REFINERIES.'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters and telegrams between officials on behalf of the Foreign Office and a Mr H Blunt regarding a Mr Hunt’s interest in vacancies at the Bahrain Petroleum Company. The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the sub...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1951 -10 Sep 1951
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/12/2043, f 127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2043, f 127
Title:
‘Sketch Map Showing the Approximate Locations of the Bahrein Oil Co's. Establishments and other Important Points’
Scope & Content:
The map illustrates Bahrein Island [Bahrain], and shows the location of Key Bahrein Oil Company establishments on the island. The locations of Manama, Muharraq Town, and Rifa'a-Ash-Sharki are indicated. The locations of the landing ground and the alighting area for flying boats have been underli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1940
Extent:
1 map

24. IOR/L/PS/12/2045

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2045
Title:
Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers concerning refuelling arrangements for the Royal Air Force (RAF), the United States Army Transport Command (USATC), and the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), during the Second World War (1939-1945) and into the post-war period. In particular, the distribution ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1944-10 Oct 1947
Extent:
1 file (213 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/12/3384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3384
Title:
Coll 27/21(1) 'Passports. For employees of oil companies proceeding to the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence mainly relating to visas for countries in the Persian Gulf for employees and wives of employees of oil companies, mostly the Kuwait Oil Company, Limited (for Kuwait), but also other oil companies including: the Iraq Petroleum Company, Limited (for Bahrain and Qat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1945-6 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (463 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/12/3806B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3806B
Title:
Coll 30/87(2) Part II 'Qatar: Oil Concession - P.C.L.'s Operations.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operations of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) (and its subsidiary Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited) in Qatar. Of particular importance in the file is the issue of the division of the sea bed for drilling operations between PCL's concession, and that of the Bahrain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1945-13 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (296 folios)

27. 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)

28. IOR/L/PS/12/3826

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3826
Title:
Coll 30/104(4) 'INDIAN & PAKISTAN EMPLOYEES OF KUWAIT OIL COMPANY'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Indians and Pakistanis working in the Gulf states as employees of the Kuwait Oil Company, the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), Petroleum Concessions Limited, Qatar, and the Arabian American Oil Company Limited, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, particularly in terms of labour un...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1948-13 Feb 1950
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

29. 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)

30. 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)