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

41. IOR/L/PS/12/3930, f 134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3930, f 134
Title:
‘Sketch map showing the approximate locations of the BAHREIN OIL Co’s. establishments and other important points.’
Scope & Content:
This sketch map shows the northern part of Bahrein Island [Bahrain Island], Muharrak Island, and Sitra Island. It indicates the approximate locations of establishments of the Bahrein Oil Company [the Bahrein Petroleum Company], including the oil fields, the refinery, the loading lines (pipes) ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1939
Extent:
1 map

42. IOR/L/PS/12/3932

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3932
Title:
Coll 30/192(3) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence of Bahrein (a) Employment of British officer & N.C.O. Instructor. Appt. of Capt A.C. Byard. (b) Bahrein Defence Force – Recruitment from personnel of Bahrein Petroleum Company.’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of two folders of papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the defence of Bahrain: folder A ‘Bahrein Defence Scheme. Employment of British officer & N.C.O. Instructor. Appt. of Captain A. C. Byard. “ ” Major H.T. Hewitt.’ [‘Bahrein Defence Scheme. Employment of British of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1939-24 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

43. IOR/L/PS/12/3947

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3947
Title:
Coll 30/207 'Bahrein oil: Changes in oil output from refinery at Bahrein and Ras Tanura. Lighterage difficulties & staffing problems of Gray Mackenzie and Co Ltd at Bahrein and Kuweit.'
Scope & Content:
The file covers various topics concerned with the oil industry at Bahrain, and the activities of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO). The papers include: variations in the oil output of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, as a result of commercial and wartime conditions, 1940-42, including corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1940-16 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (381 folios)

44. IOR/L/PS/12/3948

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3948
Title:
Coll 30/208 'War Compensation & Insurance at BAHREIN'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the payment of war compensation and insurance as a result of enemy action, or action by the military authorities, at Bahrain (and, to a lesser extent, Kuwait). The issue arose in 1942 following representations to the British Government by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1941-3 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (224 folios)

45. IOR/L/PS/12/3949

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3949
Title:
Coll 30/209 'Oil: Protection & destruction of oil installations in the Middle East. Oil Denial Scheme.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns British Government measures to implement an oil denial scheme in the Persian Gulf, by asking oil companies operating in the region to temporarily plug, or permanently destroy existing oil wells, thus denying oil resources to the enemy [during the Second World War]. The oil well...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1942-15 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (182 folios)

46. IOR/L/PS/12/3950

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3950
Title:
Coll 30/210 'Bahrein Oil: production of aviation fuel (100 octane) at Bahrein'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the establishment of a 100 octane aviation fuel production plant at the refinery of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) at Bahrain. The plant was to cost $18 million, and be 75% financed by the United States (US) Government. The papers cover: correspondence from the Governme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1938-15 Jun 1946
Extent:
1 file (97 folios)

47. IOR/L/PS/12/3955

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3955
Title:
Coll 30/212 'Essential undertakings in: BAHREIN PETROLEUM COMPANY, etc. Proposed grant of passages to wives & fiancées of employees of B.P.C. Visas for same. And other undertakings.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns unrest and discontentment amongst British employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Bahrain, which led to discussions between British officials and the company about ways to allow employees to go on leave to the United Kingdom or receive visits in Bahrain from their...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1942-26 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (200 folios)

48. IOR/L/PS/12/3957

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3957
Title:
Coll 30/214 'Defence Regulation no 2 of 1942: Breach of Regulation. Case of N. F. Boyle.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the case of Norman Forbes Boyle, an employee of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Bahrain, who, it was alleged, had breached Persian Gulf Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942 by leaving his employment without permission, and returning to his home in Northern Ireland. The que...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1943-25 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (184 folios)

49. IOR/L/PS/12/3962

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3962
Title:
Coll 30/218 'Employment of foreigners by Bahrein Petroleum Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file relates solely to a request from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) for permission to employ some French Canadians as additional operators. Permission for the request was granted by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The file includes a divider, which gives a list of corres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1943-2 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

50. IOR/L/PS/12/4109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4109
Title:
Coll 35/6 'Arabia: Hejaz-Nejd; wireless stations; postal and telegraph communications with the outside world'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal communications in the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd and, later, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The file covers: Desire of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to establish wireless stations in Hejaz and Nejd, 1926-29 Proposed wireless communicati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1925-17 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (514 folios)