TOP SECRET Oil 8. Oil operations in Iraq are conducted by the Iraq Petroleum Company (I.P.C.-, a British registered Company with British, American, Dutch and French participation, and its subsidiaries in Basra and Mosul Petroleum Companies. Proven oil reserves in Iraq amount to 11% of the world total and production is expected to reach a rate of 30m tons in 1953. This is 5.1% of the free world total, and a substantial proportion of sterling production. Apart from a small quantity refined near Khanaquin, the crude is piped to Tripoli in Lebanon (where there is a small refinery) and Banyas on the Syrian coast for shipment to refineries in the U.K.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Egypt England Great Britain Iraq Israel Jordan Lebanon Ottoman Empire Persia Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/15/59
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 158/15
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0015.059
- Keywords
- Political Intelligence Diplomatic Intelligence Geographic Intelligence Military Intelligence Strategy Treaties Military Bases Economy Oil Resources Military Strength Air Power Politics Subversion Communism Political Dissent Foreign Policy Arab World Defence Trade
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Ministry of Defence United Nations Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 7
- Persons Discussed
- Anthony Buzzard Patrick Dean
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations
