IOR/L/PS/12/3869

The file concerns general matters relating to the operations of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Bahrain.

The papers mostly consist of correspondence from the company, with correspondence and minutes produced by the India Office and other British officials, including the Political Agent, Bahrain.

The papers include: BAPCO charter and by-laws (folios 199-227); correspondence concerning the measuring of oil for royalty purposes, 'gauging'; BAPCO half yearly abstracts of accounts and statements of royalties due, for the first half of 1936 to the first half of 1947 inclusive; correspondence and memoranda concerning the level of royalties paid to the Shaikh of Bahrain; royalty accounting procedure in connection with handling Arabian crude oil received at Zellaq from the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (folios 122-124); and miscellaneous matters.

The BAPCO charter and by-laws are dated 1930.

The Arabic content of the papers consists of a supplement to the lease between the Shaikh of Bahrain and the company in four folios, with English translation (folios 193-196).

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.