'Military Report on The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area' [‎7r] (18/150)

MILITARY REPORT ON THE ANGLO-IRANIAN
COMPANY’S (SOUTH IRANIAN) OILFIELDS AREA.
CHAPTER I.
General Description of the Area (Map 1).
Ihe activities of the A. I. O. C. in their Central and Southern
Areas (see footnote) in South Iran cover a triangular area of
approximately 9,000 square miles, the points of the triable
being Abadan (refinery and oil port) in the south-west S
“ a > In . t ie north and Ganaweh (port) (test area) in the
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Che greater part of this area lies in the plains of Southern
Arabistan (Khuzistan) bounded on the south by the Persian
Gulf, on the west by the Karun River, while the line on the north-
east side of the tnangle extends to the foot-hills of the Bakhtiari
section of the Zagros mountains for a maximum distance of 30
miles. It is m these foot-hills that oil is found, the two producing
north f PreSent being Ma 8 iid-i-Suleiman in thf
north and Haft Kel, some oO miles further to the south-east
Development work is progressing at Gach Qaraguli (Gach Saran)
and a new main oil pipe-line has been laid from the Gach
Qaraguli (Gach Saran) field to Abadan.
SHj; he , a A PPr K°r h t0 the area from the Persian Culf is up the
at Ah^d & TL )m ltS f OU u that Fao to the oil Port and refinery
at Abadan. Thence to the most northerly point, Lali is a
distance of 160 miles. M ' 8 a
The whole, of Southern Arabistan is a flat alluvial plain
being broken in one place only by a range of hills running W. N.’
.and E. S. E„ which the Karun river pierces at right angles
at Ahwaz. These hi Is are of red sandstone and rise to 200 feet
the entire length of the range being about 30 miles. The level’
so P rnh P tT n8 T m ° 8tly barren and thinly s P r mkled with desert
scrub, though some portions of it are grassy and in the snrine
bear patches of wheat and barley. East of the Karun/ thf
Footnote The Company’s Northern Area is situated
astnde the Iraqi-Iraman border at Naft-i-Shah in Iran and Naft
“ the ^ ^ » outside th.^
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