مجموعة ٩/٣٠(٢) "تقارير إدارية عن الخليج الفارسي - ١٩٤٥ -" [و‎‎١‎٨‎٢] (١١٤٨/٣٦٣)

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was constructed to run parallel to the inlet through which
the vrater is discharged, after passing the oil separator
system, into the sea*
(v) Drum plant
A drum manufacturing and filling plant has been con
structed with a theoretical maximum capacity of 70,000 drums
a month* This plant is intended to provide drums for the
shipment of aviation spirit at a rase of approximately 40,000
barrels a month.
(vi) Miscellaneous
Of the large number of new units which have been com
pleted or were in the process of construction in the Refinery
and other areas the most interesting is a new two-stage fluid
catalytic cracking unit which is being built for producing the
aromatic base stock necessary for the production of hundred
octane aviation spirit* This unit which is the only one of
its size and kind ou&side the United States of America will
have a nominal capacity of approximacely 3,500 barrels a day
of finished aromatic blending stock.
mim OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN NOTABLES
The exigencies of the Services and the war conditions
prevailing brought many distinguished civil and military
personages of many different nationalities to Bahrain during
the year 1944.
mils OF ARAB NOTABLES
(i) On the 2nd November His Highness tho Amir Saud bin Abdur '
Rahman as Saud a youn;er brother of His Majesty King Abdul Aziz
Ibn Saud came to Bahrain for medical treatment at the American
Mission Hospital. He w^s present for a period of 25 days
during which time he was successfully treated by Dr* Paul V/.
Harrison*
(ii) On the 5th May Shaikh Abdullah bin sulaiman the Finance
Minister to the Saudi Arabian Government accompanied by Shaikh
Yousuf Yassin was forced by stress of weather to spend three