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'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency' [270r] (539/720)
The record is made up of 1 file (358 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1941-15 Feb 1944. 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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condition is attributed to eorroalon and repair Jobe of thia nature are expected to
become more numaroue as the age of the field extends.
I’Torroriow
Total oil production during 1948 was 6,571,609 net barrels, an average of
18,004 net barrel* daily.
The rate of produetion has been held practically constant throughout the
yaar with only minor adjustments from time to time to achieTe the daily arerage of
18,000 net barrels. This constant rate of withdrawal has afforded an excellent
opportunity to obeerre reeorroir behaviour under the conditions imposed as e result
of the eli inition of certain wells by the security measures undertaken last year and
much useful information has been obtained. This information indicates a satisfactory
reservoir performance at current rates of withdrawal but illustrates s reduction in
the limits of flexibility as a result of the security measures which we are aiming
to restore in the rehabilitation program previously referred to.
QA3 INJECTION :
fhe injection of Fourth Pay gas into First and Second Pays has continued
throughout the year. The rate of Injection has remained constant but the distribution
of injected volumes to First, and Second Pays has baan subject to changes as dictated
by operating requirements.
apqg water ^Nc^amfrarr:
iVater production has been watched carefully during the year for any indi
cation of harmful
eeourlty measures.
ffoots as a result of the redistribution of production imposed by
fho overall rate of increase of water prodnotion has remained
normal but in certain Individual wells, the rate of increase has been slightly more
rapid than expected. Mb permanent harmful effects are dleoernable at current rates
of oil production but the behaviour of the individual wells referred to above again
demonstr tir tho nuod for a better distribution of production before the field can be
restored to that degree of flexibility necessary to meet any reasonable demanfe whloh
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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the annual Administration Report of the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Office, as well as the reports themselves.
Present within the file are the reports for the years 1940-43. Each Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. report contains a prose statement and sometimes statistics on all or most of the following subjects: Officers; Ruler of Bahrain and the Al Khalifa Family; Bahrain Police; Local Affairs; Bahrain Petroleum Company; Agriculture; Municipalities; Customs; Public Works; Electric Department; Pearling Industry; Boatbuilding and Shipping; British Interests; Post Office; Medical; Judicial; Visits of British Notables; Visits of Foreign Notables; Visits of Arab Notables; Qatar; Petroleum Concessions Limited; Foreign Interests; Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Fighter Fund; Accidents Within Port Limits; Education; Royal Air Force Levies; Economic; and Cable And Wireless Ltd. Each subject comes under its own sub-heading. Each report is signed by the officiating 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. at the time of submission to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire.
Each report on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. contains information on all or most of the following subjects: Personnel; Trucial Shaikhs; British Interests; Tours; Aviation; Royal Navy; Shipping; Medical; Raids and Disturbances; Oil; The [Second World] War; Red Oxide; Pearling; Fighter Fund; Local Affairs; Royal Air Force Levies; Economics; Security; Population.
Preceding each report is correspondence between 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. and the institutions and offices that provided reports and statistics for the final Administration Report. These include: Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain; the Director of Customs and Port Officer; the Postmaster or sub-Postmaster of the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; doctors and other employees of the American Mission Hospitals (men's and women's), the Victoria Memorial Hospital, and the Medical Department of the Bahrain Government; representatives of Bahrain Petroleum Company and Petroleum Concessions Ltd; the Political Officer at Sharjah; and representatives of The Eastern Bank and Cable and Wireless Ltd.
At the back of the file (folios 355-59) are internal office notes.
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- 1 file (358 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; 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, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/299
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- 'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency'
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- 15r:55v, 268r:304v
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- Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO)
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