'File 10/1 XIV Bahrain Oil Concession' [‎106ar] (242/535)

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Dated December 1936
Address of Journal
A deep test, No. 52,
deeper, started in the he
field by California-Texas
low 1,300 feet in about
carried to basement rock.
i! 1 Regular 0 pa^honzon Tnd probably will be carried to
iSnnn feet or deeroer. The company now has 35
Producing wells with a rated potential of more than 250,000
barrels daily, based on open-flow tests on some wells, open
tubing on others and small chokes on others. It has been
determined, however, that Bahrein Island is capable of pro
ducing ud to 35,000 barrels of oil in 24 hours with a drop of
only 54 lb. from starting closed-in pressure to the end of
the period. The pressure calculations are based on bomb
readings at approximately 1,100 feet datum.
REFINERY.
Although the California-Texas construction programme
on its 10 000-barrel refinery on the north-eastern s i de 0 *
the island is not complete, the company has already let
contract for construction to double capacity. Part ot the
original 10,000-barrel capacity of the refinery is m use, but
all products are being removed to other affiliated refining
facilities for finishing. In preparation for capacity
throughput, and also to attain some degree of consistent
nroducing practice, the company is making additions to its
storage capacity. Producing intervals are now governed
by accessibility of boats for moving the oil into consuming
channels. ^ ^ . m rvi
In developing Bahrein Island, California-Texas Oil
Company is observing 3,000-foot spacing, or a pattern of
about one well to each 170 acres. The producing horizon
is encountered at about 1,850 feet and the average com
pletion depth around 2,150 feet. Due to poor core re
covery in the producing lime and soapstone horizons,
classified as Eocene, the actual pay thickness has not been
accurately determined.
EXPORT.
Rising importance of the Arabian coast as a petroleum
producer has been strikingly shown by Bahrein's appear
ance this year as an oil exporter of approximately 1,750,000
barrels during ^the first six months.
Extension of exploration work into undrilled portions
of the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. is indicated for
the near future in addition to work now well advanced in
Kowait and on the Arabian mainland due west of Bahrein
Island. The last of a series of moves by the Iraq Petro
leum Company is signalised by the formation of a new
subsidiary, Petroleum Developments ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) with
a capital of £100,000 in 100 "A" shares and 100,000 a B"
shares with par of £1 each.
The new company is an offshoot of Petroleum Con
cessions, the Iraq Petroleum Company's exploration and
development unit. It will exploit concessions obtained by
the Iraq company at various places along the Trucial
Coast, which runs from Bahrein and Qatar along the
southern shore of the Persian Guilf to the Strait of Ormuz.
Negotiations for the concessions involved have been
under way for 18 months. Two-year options over the prin
cipal areas have been obtained by representatives of the
I Anglo-Iranian Oil Company for the Iraq company. Some
of the optioned areas have been converted into full con
cession agreements by the negotiators of Petroleum Con
cessions and it is expected that the remainder will shortly
e ^Hdled in a similar manner. The areas involved, from
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