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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Petroleum refineries Place Dhahran, Asia, Saudi Arabia

1. 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)

2. IOR/R/15/2/669

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/669
Title:
‘File 28/1 P Visit of enemy aircraft to Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to an air raid carried out by Italian bombers over the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) refinery in Bahrain and the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) refinery at Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān] in Saudi Arabia, on the night...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1940-7 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/671

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/671
Title:
‘File 28/1 R Reports from C.A.S.O.C. A.R.P. etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to an enquiry made by the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC), dated 27 October 1940, to the Political Agency in Bahrain, asking if British aircraft were flown over the company’s refinery at Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān] in Saudi Arabia on the night of 25/26 October 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1940-29 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)