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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [164r] (340/414)
The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 1946-1947. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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25,881,285 net barrels as against a total of 15,649,272
o2o oot 5, f i ? lire f,or this year, given above, includes
net Darrels of crude delivered by tanker through
the Sitra Marine Terminal.
(e) Exploration Work .
Exploration work within the Additional Area was
resumed towards the end of the year and the drilling of
one structure hole has been completed. At the end of the
year preparations were under way for the drilling of
additional structure holes from specially constructed
drilling piers in the open waters of the Gulf.
(f) Refining Operations .
Refining operations throughout the year were at
a high rate of throughput and crude runs during the year
totaled 33,989,452 barrels,
the year were as follows:
Shipments of products during
Aviation Gasoline
Gasoline
Kerosene
Diesel Oil
Fuel Oil
417,842 Barrels.
7,940,605 "
4,088,907 "
- ^ r 7«,022 "
—~ rf
t ±,uoo, 907
6,478,022
12,309,322
31,234,698 Barrel«
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In addition to the above shipments 118,275 tons of coke
produced in the previous year ! s operations were also shipped.
Very little aviation gasoline was produced during
the year as the demand for it had dropped with the end of
the war. Except for one short run the facilities for manu
facturing this product remained closed down, but the
balance of the refining facilities continued operating at
capacity.
(g) Refinery .
No major operating facilities were completed
during 1946. There were, however, alterations and additions
made to several existing plants.
(h) Sitra and 3itra Terminal .
The construction of the causeway and the new wharf
started in 1945 were completed during the year. Many other
facilities, such as a magneto telephone system, a new pump
shelter, etc., were provided in the sitra Terminal.^ Work
was also commenced on an extending tank field lighting system.
(i) Drum Plant .
No major alterations were made to the Drum plant
but minor additions were carried out to increase drum
manufacture and filling operations.
(j) namp facilities .
increased numbers of personnel have necessitated
increased housing in Awali. The 20 two-bedroom houses
.
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The volume contains typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1945' [1946] and typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1946' [1947]. The reports are introduced by a review of the year by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and are divided into chapters containing individual reports on each of the agencies, consulates, and other administrative areas that made up the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . Both reports conclude with a chapter containing 'notes on the working of quarantine on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. They are signed by the local British official in charge.
The reports cover the following topics: British and non-British personnel; local affairs; local government and ruling families; transport and communications by land, sea, and air; posts and telegraphs; tribal and political matters; relations with local populations; cinemas; trade and economic matters; agriculture; finance; shipping and commerce; education; police and justice; security; military matters; propaganda; health and quarantine; statistics of temperature and rainfall; water; notable visitors; British interests; oil and oil companies; religious affairs; the pearl industry; locusts; Bedouins; date gardens; electricity; telephones; and related information.
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- 1 volume (203 folios)
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There are lists of contents on the first page of both annual reports, on folios 1 and 109.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the third folio after the front cover (the first bearing text) and terminates at 198 on the third folio before the back cover (the last bearing text). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 28, 28A. The individual reports that make up the combined annual reports also have their own typescript foliation sequences appearing in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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- Title
- 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:198v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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