Abstract: This file contains correspondence relating to the mining of bitumen from the Burgan oil field in Kuwait. The correspondents include engineers in the British Army, the Kuwait Oil Company, and various merchants involved in the transport and shipping of commodities between Kuwait and Iraq.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 140; 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.