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Coll 30/216 'Development of oil supplies in the Middle East.' [56r] (112/131)
The record is made up of 1 file (63 folios). It was created in 18 Nov 1943-12 Jun 1947. 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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■ ANNEX
I. PERSIA: DEVSLQPMEHT OF AGHA JARI
Proposals designed to obtain the inaximum advantage from
existing or projected facilities in Persia have been under
continual consideration, and particularly those which involve
the minimum tonnage of critical materials*
2* Recent discussions between the Petroleum Division and
the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company have indicated that if the
maximum use is to be made of the refinery facilities at Abadan,
the development of additional supplies of crude oil is necessary.
3, The annual refinery capacity, on completion of
extensions now in progress, is estimated to be as follows,
in terms of output:-
Aviation Spirit ('100 octane)
” " (87/90
Motor Sjurit (80
Kerosenes
Vapourising Oil
Gas Oil
Diesel and Furnace Oil
Bitumen
)
• • • •
• • • • •
• • • * •
• • • • •
• •»• •
Tons
1 , 130,000
100,000
2 , 550,000
600,000
100,000
500,000
10 , 000,000
200,000
T0TAL = i!2 i i§Q i QQQ_
.* To achieve this production an input of 17,250,000 tons of
:rude oil per annum is necessary*
The existing pipeline capacity is 16,620,000 tons per
nnum but in view of the need for returning large quantities
)f surplus heavy products to the reservoir, a considerably
arger capacity would be required in order to permit of a crude
lil input to the refinery of the orJer of 17,250,000 tons per
innum*
The present proposals cover:-
(i) tv . ^-1 of Agha Jari Oilfield . This would involve
jjg jr’illing ci 1 12 now wells capable of giving a sustained
roduction of 3 , 900,000 tons per year.
/-i n 1 u-i-nfO ina from Akcha—Jari to Abadan, T**o 12 inch
ipoUnes of a total length oi 1 20 b mii^Hvill be needed to
ive a throughput of about 4 , 000,000 tons per year.
M-HlRprvr-le line to Haft Kel. Past experience has shown
hot it is^necessary to be prepared t:> return to the reservoir
■ield has reached its sale limit, n * miles of
ie transferred to another oilfield. - ^h°hne from
? inch pipe will be required to lay a recycle
thadan to the Haft Kel field.
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The file contains papers concerning the British Government's decision in 1943 to sanction an increase in oil production in the Middle East.
The papers include: the agreement of the military authorities, 1943; papers of the War Cabinet Oil Control Board, November 1943 (including approval for the recommencement of drilling at Qatar); Foreign Office 'Survey of the Oil Resources of the Middle East' (with map and graph), 28 February 1945; Foreign Office map of 'Concession Areas in the Middle East', October 1946; papers dated 1946 concerning a memorandum entitled 'Oil and the Middle East' by K Stock of the Ministry of Fuel and Power; and papers concerning a request from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) for trade statistics on the consumption of petroleum products in certain Middle Eastern countries, 1947.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (63 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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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 65, 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.
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- Title
- Coll 30/216 'Development of oil supplies in the Middle East.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 5v:7v, 11r:16v, 18r:27v, 29r:44r, 44ar:44av, 45r:64v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence