Lot 82
  • 82

Iraq and the Persian Gulf

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1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Iraq Petroleum. The magazine of the Iraq Petroleum Company Limited and its Associated Companies. London, August 1951-Jan/Feb 1960, vol.1, no.1 - vol.8, no.10, 90 monthly or bi-monthly issues, A COMPLETE RUN, 4to, numerous coloured and plain photographic illustrations, original pictorial wrappers
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The Crescent, the news-magazine… of the Iraq Petroleum Company Limited and associated companies. January 1960-September 1973, 162 monthly issues, 4to, plain illustrations, original wrappers, lacks one issue (Jan. 1961)
And 97 other associated publications including: Iraq Oil in 1951 [-1963], lacking 1956, 1958, 1961; continued as, Iraq, Basrah and Mosul Petroleum Companies Review 1964 [-1971], lacking 1967; Guide to Qatar, [1958?]; Pipeline to the Sea. Inauguration ceremonies of the opening of Iraq Petroleum Company’s pipeline, [1952]; Basrah Petroleum Company inauguration of first production 10th January 1952, [1952]; and others

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

Of the "97 other associated publications”, 20 are listed above and in the printed catalogue. The other 77, which are all in original wrappers, are as follows:



1956 Report of Operations to the Saudi Arab Government by the Arabian American Oil Company



The oil industry in Iraq. [1950s]



Guide to Kirkuk [c.1954]



Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company Limited 1971



Brunei LNG [1970s]



Middle East oil development [Arabian American Oil Company, 1956]



Mobil Annual report 1972



History of the Royal Dutch/Shell group of companies [1990s]



Compagnie francaise des petroles, annual report, 2 issues, 1972 and 1973



The IPC Society newsletter, 47 issues, 2002-2014



Aramco World Magazine, 6 issues, 1972-1973



Index map of Qatar & Trucial Coast – map



The Middle East – map



Qatar Petroleum Company Limited [Review], 3 issues, 1971-1973



United Arab Emirates. An Investors Chronicle survey of 17 February 1978



BP statistical review of the world oil industry 1972



Total information 1974, no.58



1977 review of the BP group



Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) 1971 Annual Report



Crescent. Supplement, 1973



Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company Limited Review and Report, 2 issues, 1972-1973



“Heat from cold”

Condition

Good copies
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Catalogue Note

The associated companies of the Iraq Petroleum Company were wide-ranging, and included operations in Syria, Jordan, the Lebanon and Qatar. This is reflected in the contents of Iraq Petroleum which includes articles, photographs and affairs of those countries as well the Persian Gulf - Bahrein, Dubai, Trucial Oman and Abu Dhabi - and Arabia. The articles include much on oil production, history, archaeology, the landscape and modern architecture as well as reporting current affairs and events, and is notable for its photographic illustrations (including the work of Ronald Codrai).

With the cessation of Iraq Petroleum magazine, The Crescent became the main periodical recording events of the company and its associated companies in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. It is divided geographically, with sections on Kirkuk, Basrah, Qatar, Syria, Lebanon, Abu Dhabi, and other locations.