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'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company' [75r] (156/570)
The record is made up of 1 file (281 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1936-4 Oct 1939. 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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D .0 .5500 .
CONFIDENTIAL.
K.O.C OFFICE
KUWAIT, 13th April,1937
Dear Captain Stewart
IM
Colonel Dickson mentioned to me that you
required for the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
records information
regarding our recent activities. I have pleasure in
this information is regarded as confidential.
Bahrah Well No.l has now reached a depth
of 7950 ft. in 7-3/4" diameter hole. The hole is
cased with 8" casing which was cemented at
6833 ft. 5 inches.
oil impregnated formation between 6850' and 7015’ and
have failed to obtain production from this source
in this well. No other zones of oil saturation
were encountered in the well.
London to suspend drilling on Bahrah No.l Well and
to plug with cement from bottom up to the shoe of
the 8" casing, this work is now in hand.
agreement to the commencement of work on establishing
a camp in the vicinity of Wara hill in the Southern
part of the State from which our future testing
sending you this short resum^ and would mention that
Exhaustive tests have been made on the
We have today received instructions from
Today we have also obtained from London
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- Content
This file contains correspondence and documentation relating to the initiation of oil operations in Kuwait by the Kuwait Oil Company. The majority of the papers relate to operational matters from workers contracts, buoying and navigation, to plans for the construction of refineries.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (281 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 283; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 6-278; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- IOR/R/15/5/249
- Title
- 'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7v, 20r:24v, 29r:29v, 31r:37v, 40r:57v, 69r:70v, 72r:78v, 80r:85v, 87r:90v, 92r:95v, 99r:99v, 102r:105v, 107r:109v, 125r:131v, 135r:135v, 137r:140v, 142r:149v, 151r:154v, 156r:158r, 158r, 159v, 159v:180v, 197r:198v, 200r:214v, 217r:244v, 246r:255v, 258r:258v, 263r:272v, 275r:275v, 277r:282v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence