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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [317v] (637/862)
The record is made up of 1 volume (430 folios). It was created in 1944. 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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496 CURRENCY, FINANCE, COMMERCE, AND OIL
almost level on the top. Along the axis are three slight humps: the
most important at Baba Gurgur near Kirkuk, the central at Avana,
and the third at Khurmala farther north-west. Oil is present for
about 50 miles and gas escapes in the Khurmala dome. The burning
gas seepage at Baba Gurgur is linked in local tradition with Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego (Daniel iii. 8-30) (photo. 30).
The first well was drilled near this seepage and oil was struck in
1927. By 1939 about 70 wells had been sunk to depths varying
between 1,000 and 3>5®^ feet, most of them perforating the flanks
of the underground domes. The permeable oil-bearing rock yields
abundantly from the widely spaced wells. Pressures are carefully
measured so that production can be scientifically controlled. Oil is
drawn from a few selected wells at a time in sufficient quantity to
keep the pipe-lines to Haifa and Tripoli approximately up to their
capacity of 4 million tons of oil a year. Before transmission the oil
is partly purified in a special plant near Kirkuk, but refinement is
carried out at the terminals. The two pipes have a diameter of 12
inches in some sections, 10 inches in others; there are 3 pumping
stations (K1-K3) between Kirkuk and Haditha, 5 (H1-H5) between
Haditha and Haifa, and 4 (Ti—T4) between Haditha and Tripoli.
None of the oil from this field is marketed in Iraq.
Naft Khaneh Oilfield
This field is the only one now in regular production besides
Kirkuk. It was originally discovered by the A.I.O.C. (then the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company), which held the concession from Persia
before the boundary was demarcated in I9i4- The field lies astride
the boundary, but the Ottoman Government recognized the Com
pany’s rights within the area. In 1925/6 the Iraqi Government
accorded the same rights in an agreement which provided for the
formation of the Khanaqin Oil Company (K.O.C.), a subsidiary of
the A.I.O.C., which should exploit the area within Iraq for a fixed
royalty. That portion of the Naft Khaneh field within Persia (now
known as the Naft-i-Shah field) is being developed separately by the
A.I.O.C. under arrangements with the Persian Government, the oil
being piped to Kermanshah.
In 1939 there were three wells in production in the Iraqi area of
this field. A pipe, 30 miles long, leads from Naft Khaneh to the
refinery built in 1927 at Alwand, 3 miles from Khanaqin. The oil
flows by natural pressure at the wells and no pumping is required.
The refinery has a monthly capacity of 3^ million gallons of crude
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The volume is titled Iraq and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (London: Naval Intelligence Division, 1944).
The report contains preliminary remarks by the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1942 (John Henry Godfrey) and the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1944 (E G N Rushbrook).
There then follows thirteen chapters:
- I. Introduction.
- II. Geology and description of the land.
- III. Coasts of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
- IV. Climate, vegetation and fauna.
- V. History.
- VI. People.
- VII. Distribution of the people.
- VIII. Administration and public life.
- IX. Public health and disease.
- X. Irrigation, agriculture, and minor industry.
- XI. Currency, finance, commerce and oil.
- XII. Ports and inland towns.
- XIII. Communications.
- Appendices: stratigraphy; meteorological tables; ten historical sites, chronological table; weights and measures; authorship, authorities and maps.
There follows a section listing 105 text figures and maps and a section listing over 200 illustrations.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (430 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is divided into a number of chapters, sub-sections whose arrangement is detailed in the contents section (folios 7-13) which includes a section on text-figures and maps, and list of illustrations. The volume consists of front matter pages (xviii), and then a further 682 pages in the original pagination system.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 430; 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.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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