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IOR/R/15/2/667
- Record Id:
- 040-000228963
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00003c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025641532.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/667
- Title:
- ‘File 28/1 N II Bahrain oil – production figures’
- Scope & Content:
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The file comprises correspondence and statistical tables relating to the production of oil and associated petroleum products by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) after the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file are the Chief Local Representative for BAPCO (R M Brown, replacing Ward P Anderson) and the Political Agent in Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Galloway; Cornelius Pelly). The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 28/1 N I Bahrain oil’ (IOR/R/15/2/666).
The file includes:
- monthly oil production reports, submitted by BAPCO to the Political Agency between March 1946 and June 1946, containing monthly output volumes (in barrels and tons) for: crude oil throughput, and output of motor spirits, kerosene, power kerosene, diesel oil, fuel oil and aviation spirits (ff 2-11);
- correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay), to Pelly, in May 1947, concerning a request from the Petroleum Representative of the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Middle East Office, for statistical data on BAPCO’s crude oil throughput and oil refinery output, for the period July 1946 onwards (f 14);
- compiled statistical data for the period July 1946 to April 1947, for production and output at the Bahrain refinery, including motor spirit, kerosene (burning oil), kerosene (vaporising), gas oil, diesel oil, fuel oil and aviation spirit, and refinery input figures for both Bahrain and Arabian crude, given in ‘tons of 2,240 lbs’ (ff 16-25).
- 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
038-000228946
040-000228963 - 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/15/2/651-765 : File 28 [Second World] War
IOR/R/15/2/667 : ‘File 28/1 N II Bahrain oil – production figures’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0033]/038-000228946[0017]/040-000228963
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (28 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00003c
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1946
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 11 Apr 1946-23 Jun 1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 30; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file notes (ff 28-29) have been paginated in pencil; these numbers are not circled.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Files: 28/1 N II
- Arrangement:
- The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 28-29) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)