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IOR/R/15/2/429
- Record Id:
- 040-000228703
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00023c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023549877.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/429
- Title:
- File 10/9 BAPCO-ARAMCO OIL PIPE LINE FROM MAINLAND TO BAHRAIN
- Scope & Content:
-
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Resident at Bahrain, the Political Agent at Bushire, Bahrain Petroleum Limited (BAPCO) and California Arabian Standard Oil Company (ARAMCO) on a new refinery to be built in Saudi Arabia and on an oil pipe line to be built from Dhahran in Saudi Arabia to Bahrain.
The file contains maps and sketches of the route: 'Map of East Coast of Arabia showing Saudi Arabia-Bahrein [sic] Pipe Line.' (3 copies on folios 3, 37, 68); 'Map of Reservation for Crude Oil Pipe Line, Bahrain' (2 copies on folios 37B, 70).
There is an index at the end of the file (folios 64-67).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000228661
040-000228703 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/388-460 : File 10 Oil and Minerals
IOR/R/15/2/429 : File 10/9 BAPCO-ARAMCO OIL PIPE LINE FROM MAINLAND TO BAHRAIN - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0011]/038-000228661[0042]/040-000228703
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (73 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00023c
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1944
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 3 Feb 1944-23 Aug 1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- The foliation is in pencil in the top right corner of recto, starting on the cover with 1, 1A, 1B; then 2-14, 14A; 15-22, 22A and ending with 70, which is the last number given to the last folio of the file (folios 43, 51 do not exist).
- Former External References:
- Confidential files: 10/9
- Arrangement:
- The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the file (folios 64-67). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the file; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in blue or red crayon, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
- Administrative Context:
- In 1944, Bahrain Petroleum Limited (BAPCO) and California Arabian Standard Oil Company (ARAMCO), agree to share the expenses of installing and mantaining an oil pipe line between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, for the transportation of crude oil from Saudi Arabia to ensure the continuous operation of the Bahrain refinery to the required capacity, during the World War Two.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)