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File 2794/1921 Pt 12 'Persian Gulf; oil; Bahrain; acquisition of land on Sitrah Island and reservation of other land elsewhere' [42r] (87/198)
The record is made up of 1 file (95 folios). It was created in 1933-1934. 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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Any reply to this letter should be
addressed to <the Director, Petroleum Dept.
Telephone: Victoria 9310.
Telegrams : Minindust, Parl, London.
Reference No.:-P.D. 21, part ?•
COPY SENT
of u> 'ZU'.
PETROLEUM DEPARTMEN
— (Mines Department),
Dean Stanley Street,
_/.
5
A
Millbank,
Westminster, London, S.W.l.
8th February, 1934.
-
With reference to your letter of January 22nd
My dear Laithwaite,
regarding the request of the Bahrein Petroleum Company to
he allowed to acquire land on Sitra Island it appears
desirable to give the Company all the facilities we reasonably
can to enable them to produce oil at an early date and not to
afford them any excuse for delay in taking out the mining
lease. It is understood that the land which it is proposed
to allow the company to take up on Sitra Island does not
conflict with any of the proposals for the acquisition of land
for the purposes of H.M.Governraent^ and that being so I
entirely agree that the Company should be informed that they
may be allowed to take up the tv/o areas of land referred to in
paragraph 8 of your letter as a special concession on the part
of the Sheikh. I am sending copies of this letter to Warner
and Seal.
REC 2 . PmL. DS?f.
J.G.LAITHWAITE, ESQ. 1
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.
,
s. W« 1•
^juiurs sincerely.
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.
I understand that you will make it ftlear to
Ballantyne that we expect him to take note of this -
. another concession - when considering our proposed amend-
y^HPWG/EBMM meats to the mining lease.
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The file contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to oil prospecting being undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO) and the associated acquisition of land on Sitrah Island.
Key topics discussed include the BAPCO plans for the development of an oil storage and export infrastructure at Bahrain, including: oil storage facilities and questions over the need for a refinery at Bahrain. Included is a blueprint map (folio 81) showing Sitrah Island and Sitrah Channel with submarine line.
The file includes (ff 91-96) a copy of the 'Oil concession signed by the Shaikh of Bahrain in favour of the Eastern and General Syndicate on the 2nd December 1925 (as revised up to 12th January 1934)'.
The principal correspondents in the file are 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; 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. in Bahrain; the Chief Local Representative in Bahrain for BAPCO, Edward A Skinner; and British Government officials from 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. and Petroleum/Mining Department in London.
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 that year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (95 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 97; 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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- File 2794/1921 Pt 12 'Persian Gulf; oil; Bahrain; acquisition of land on Sitrah Island and reservation of other land elsewhere'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, 2r:9v, 12r:13v, 16r:23v, 27r:27v, 31r:31v, 33r:34v, 36r:66v, 72r:78v, 85r:90v, 97r:97v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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