Coll 30/209 'Oil: Protection & destruction of oil installations in the Middle East. Oil Denial Scheme.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 30/209 'Oil: Protection & destruction of oil installations in the Middle East. Oil Denial Scheme.'
- Date:
- 1942/1944
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns British Government measures to implement an oil denial scheme in the Persian Gulf, by asking oil companies operating in the region to temporarily plug, or permanently destroy existing oil wells, thus denying oil resources to the enemy [during the Second World War]. The oil wells concerned were in Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait.The file includes correspondence from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); Commander-in-Chief, Middle East; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Petroleum Department; and the War Office. Correspondence dated 1943-44 includes plans by BAPCO to reopen plugged oil wells in Bahrain.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 183; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Oil wells
Emergency Planning
War (concept) - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000207_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000207_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3949
IOR/L/PS/12/3949