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File 2794/1921 Pt 16 'Persian Gulf: Oil Bahrain. Calibration of Tanks and measurement of oil.' [174r] (347/358)
The record is made up of 1 file (177 folios). It was created in 1934-1942. 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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misealculation may affect the result by a good many tons.
The Admiralty practice when loading at Abadan is to accept
the specific gravity furnished by the Anglo-Persian Company T s
Chemist corrected to 60°F. It is then comparatively simple to
** check the out-turn of the oil at any temperature by adding
subtracting .004 for every 1 0 F. All that the Admiralty
ao therefore, besides dipping the tank, is to take the
temperature of the oil with a thermometer at the time of
loading.
With regard to the practical application of the above
procedure to the circumstances at Bahrein, I think it may be
taken for granted that the oil company will, in their own
interests, secure the accurate calibration of the tanks and
that the Sheikh can accept their figures. What he will need,
therefore, will be someone capable of taking the temperature
of the oil at the time of loading and also of dipping the
tanks and calculating the quantity by means of the
calibration tables. It will also be necessary for the
Sheikh*a representative to be satisfied in regard to the
specific gravity of the oil.
In asking the Company how it is proposed to measure the
oil for royalty purposes, it will be desirable to inquire
particularly as to the means to be adopted to ascertain the
specific gravity of the oil in order that the calibration
tables founded on the water content of the tanks may be
converted into terms of oil.
On receipt of this information we can have it
scrutinised, and v/ill then be in a position to make any
suggestions that may be necessary with a view to safeguarding
the Sheikh 1 s interests.
Yours sincerely,
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the calibration and measurement of the oil storage tanks of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited in order to assess royalties due to the lessors.
Included in the file is a technical plan: 'Diagram of Sitra Terminal Tank Link-Up' (folio 38).
The principal correspondents in the file are: an official of the 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. (John Gilbert Laithwaite); 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. , Bahrain; and Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (Hamilton R Ballantyne).
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (177 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
The subject 2794 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Oil) consists of seventeen files and volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/989-1005. The files and volumes are divided into eighteen parts as follows: parts 1 and 2 comprise one volume; part 3 comprises the second volume; part 3A comprises the third volume; part 3B comprises the fourth volume; part 4 comprises the fifth volume; parts 5 and 5A comprise the sixth volume; part 6 comprises the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth files and volumes; parts 7, 8 and 9 comprise the eleventh volume; part 10 comprises the twelfth file; part 12 comprises the thirteenth file; part 14 comprises the fourteenth volume, part 15 comprises the fifteenth volume; part 16 comprises the sixteenth file; part 17 comprises the seventeenth volume. There are no parts 11 and 13.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 178; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- File 2794/1921 Pt 16 'Persian Gulf: Oil Bahrain. Calibration of Tanks and measurement of oil.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 7r:12v, 17r:18v, 21r:24v, 26r:28v, 39r:40v, 42r:53v, 57r:58v, 94r:98v, 102r:102v, 104r:105v, 107r:110v, 112r:112v, 114r:116v, 119r:121v, 127r:133v, 135r:137v, 142r:153v, 156r:159v, 161r:162v, 167r:167v, 169r:170v, 172r:176r, 176ar, 176v:178v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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