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'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company' [‎77r] (160/570)

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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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coiiyip utial
political ,
KU-livIT
The 17 th April 19 57,
lio.C-109, a^ted the 22m, ^rcto 1907•
^cott lu-s ao iufomed me that ht s received
to
instructions from the London office^suspend drilling
on Bahru No. 1 well and to corirtf nee establishine, ^
carap in the vicinity of .ara hill, in the southern prrt
of th?, iitate, from ?^hic h future testing: operations will
be controlled and serviced. He adds that in ell
probability a secont test rail will be drilled in the
vicinity of Burden or Kia’adaniyat, but the actual site
cannot be chosen until the completion, probably about
10th May, of geophysical work (soianic) new; in operation
in this area.
suspended the Bn hr a iio.l well hsd readied a depth of
7950 ft. The only zone of oil saturation encountered
lay 1* tween 6850 ft.and 701b ft.,exhaustive tests, how
ever, failed to obt.Hn production from this source.
,hen drilling operations were finally

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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.

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1 file (281 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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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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