‘File 28/1 N I Bahrain oil’ [‎98v] (196/532)

Content

The file comprises correspondence and statistical tables relating to the production of oil and other petroleum products by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) during and immediately after the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Chief Local Representative for BAPCO (usually Ward P Anderson); the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain (Hugh Weightman; Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban; Edward Birkbeck Wakefield; Major Tom Hickinbotham).

The file includes:

• correspondence relating to the British Government’s legal powers to assume control of BAPCO production, as outlined in the Political Agreement between the Government and BAPCO, and the extent to which the British Government could exercise control over production or order the destruction of oil company property (ff 4-17);
• requests made by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. to BAPCO and to the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) for oil production figures for the refineries at Bahrain and Dhahran in Saudi Arabia (f 24, ff 28-29, ff 31-33);
• monthly oil production reports (from f 43), submitted by BAPCO to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. between January 1943 and February 1946, containing monthly output volumes (in barrels and tons) for: crude oil, motor spirits, kerosene, power kerosene, diesel oil, fuel oil and aviation spirits (between July 1945 and January 1946);
• statistics, submitted monthly by BAPCO to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. from January 1943 (from f 54), on the volumes and value of TEL (tetraethyl lead) shipped to and from and stored at Bahrain. These details were submitted to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , which forwarded them on via cypher telegram to the British Government’s Petroleum Department officials in London and Baghdad, and the BAPCO offices in New York;
• correspondence about an enquiry regarding the ullage of the partially discharged tanker South America (ff 89-96).

Extent and format

1 file (264 folios)

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 254-265) mirror the chronological arrangement.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 266; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-13 and ff 205-253; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. Pagination: the file notes (ff 254-265) have been paginated in pencil; these numbers have not been circled.

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English in Latin script

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