Abstract: The file contains a report by Hugo Salvin Bowlby, Petroleum Department representative in Baghdad, on his visit to Abadan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Basra, forwarded by Petroleum Department to the India Office. The report describes visits to oil fields in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, in June 1942.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.