"ملف ‏10/1 XIV الامتياز النفطي بالبحرين" [ظ‎ب‎‎١‎٧‎١] (٥٣٥/٣٩١)

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THE PETROLEUM TIMES
PUTTING BRITISH LUBRICATING OIL
TRADE ON SOUND BASIS
Yorkshire Meeting Follows Example of London and Manchester
A very successful meeting, attended by about 120
firms in the Yorkshire and Midland areas, was held
in Leeds last week. E. B. Irwin, M.B.B. (president
of the National Lubricating Oil and Grease Federa
tion) presided, and
was supported by
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February 6, 1937
to the three representatives of the Federation me
tioned above—and also to H. Holliday (Vacuum fn
Company, Ltd.)—for their untiring efforts and hard
work in the interests of all British lubricating oil
distributors. Prior to the meeting, Mr. Vicker
presided at a lunch which he kindly gave at tip
Hotel Metropole to about 80 of those' attending the
meeting.
BRITISH PROTECTION OF PERSIAN GULF
STATES
The Arab states of Koweit, Bahrein, Qatar and
the Trucial Coast are in treaty relations with the
British Government, under which they enjoy, in
varying degrees. His Majesty's protection, said'tie
Under-Secretary of State for India this week in the
House of Commons y answering a question as to the
number of treaty engagements under which the
British Government have undertaken liabilities in
which they agreed to supply armed forces to protect
the territories of the Arab rulers of the Persian Gulf.
OIL INDUSTRIES CLUB
The tenth annual dinner of the Oil Industries
Club will be held at the Dorchester Hotel, Park
Lane, London, on Monday, March 8th. Capt.
H. C. F. Crookshank, M.P., Secretary for Mines,
has accepted the Club's invitation to be present, and
will propose the toast of " The Petroleum Industry/'
to which Frederick Godber (managing director of
" Shell " Transport and Trading and a vice-
president of the Club) will reply.
" PETROLEUM TIMES M —37 YEARS BACK
From the Issue of February 10th, 1900
Weather Controls Production .—More favour
able weather having intervened advantage has been
taken of it to push development operations, the
result being that an unusual number of new wells
have been brought in from the older American
fields. Things have not been quite so favourable in
Ohio and Indiana, though it is expected that the
further advance in crude will encourage operators to
greater efforts.
TIN PLATE MARKET
Norton Owen & Co., of 6, Great Winchester
Street, London, E.C. 2, report under date Fobruar}
3rd, 1937, as under; —
The position of Steel Bars has become even more
acute, some makers finding extreme difficulty 111
covering for the orders they already have on their
books. This being the case, they naturally are no
anxious to sell, and where quotations are made are
asking up to Is. 6d. premium over the minimum basis
price. Prices may be called 21s. 3d. basis for expor
and 20s. 10Jd. basis f.o.r. for home trade.