'File 10/9 BAPCO-ARAMCO OIL PIPE LINE FROM MAINLAND TO BAHRAIN'

The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Resident at Bahrain, the Political Agent at Bushire, Bahrain Petroleum Limited (BAPCO) and California Arabian Standard Oil Company (ARAMCO) on a new refinery to be built in Saudi Arabia and on an oil pipe line to be built from Dhahran in Saudi Arabia to Bahrain. The file contains maps and sketches of the route: 'Map of East Coast of Arabia showing Saudi Arabia-Bahrein [sic] Pipe Line.' (3 copies on folios 3, 37, 68); 'Map of Reservation for Crude Oil Pipe Line, Bahrain' (2 copies on folios 37B, 70). There is an index at the end of the file (folios 64-67).

The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the file (folios 64-67). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the file; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in blue or red crayon, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

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In 1944, Bahrain Petroleum Limited (BAPCO) and California Arabian Standard Oil Company (ARAMCO), agree to share the expenses of installing and mantaining an oil pipe line between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, for the transportation of crude oil from Saudi Arabia to ensure the continuous operation of the Bahrain refinery to the required capacity, during the World War Two.