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(4) Government Establishments
The offices of the Government, the British Political Agency and the post office are situated
on the north side of the town.
A new and up-to-date customs house has been completed and is situated immediately
east of the pier.
The electric lighting plant, the property of the Government, is in the north-east corner of
the town.
South of the town is the fort which serves both as police barracks and prison New
police barracks have been built in the vicinity of the fort and there are
U MUHARRAK, AL HADD and BUDAIYAA. The strength of the BAHRAIN nativ.
police is at present 350 N.C.O.s and men. They are fully armed and militarily trained.
(5) Commercial Establishments
Oil
In 1930 the Standard Oil Company of California acquired the oil concession, and it is
now being exploited by a subsidiary company known as the Bahrain Petroleum Company.
On the transfer being made, H.M. Government were able to make the following condition .
[a] That the Bahrain Petroleum Company shall be a British company with an office in
ENGLAND in charge of a British subject.
ih) That one director shall be a British subject. + 0
(c) That a chief local representative approved by H.M. Government shall represent the
company in BAHRAIN. , . .
(d) That as many employees as possible in BAHRAIN shall be British or Bahraims.
Large tanks have been built and the 'storage capacity on SITRAH Island is over
84,000,000 gallons. ,
A submarine pipe-line over three miles long ^as constructed to take the oil into navigable
waters. The first mile of this pipe-line was built on piers above hig i wa er mai .
Owing to the difficulty in finding a market for crude oil J^mpMy decided m 1935
to erect a refinery which can now compete with approximately 20,(KM) barrels daily.
The total number of producing wells at the end of the year 1939 was 66, three ot these
being in the " fourth pay horizon.
Total production for the year 1939 was 7,588,544 barrels of crude oil.
Royalty paid to the Bahrain Government for the first half of 1939 was Rs.15,49,278-12-8,
and for the second half was Rs. 16,25,544-1-4.
At the end of the year the company's employees numbered as follows.—
. . . .. 192
British
Americans ..
British Indians
Bahrainis
Others
67
374
1,878
399
Refinery operating facilities were improved during the y=ar by the addition of the foUowing
major units :—
Polymerization plant.
New oxygen plant.
Gas oil stripper.
Reformed gasoline lead sulphide plant.
Inhibitor plant.
Altogether 12 tanks were added at the refinery.
The following refined products are exported
Ethylized gasoline.
Straight gasoline.
Kerosene.
Diesel oil.
Fuel oil.