type state owned industry oil and gas industry founded 1929 1929 in canada 1999 1999 founder standard oil company of california headquarters awali bahrain key people pete bartlett ceo owner government of bahrain website www.bapco.net the bahrain petroleum company bapco is an integrated national oil company of bahrain . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit plaque commemorating the first oil well the bapco was established in 1929 in canada by standard oil company of california for oil exploration activities in bahrain . 1 2 it took over bahrain s assets of gulf oil . 1 in 1930 it obtained the only oil concession in bahrain . 3 on 31 may 1932 the company discovered the awali oil field . in 1936 the standard oil company of california signed an agreement with texaco which acquired a half of bapco s shares . 1 in 1975 more than 60 % bapco s shares was acquired by the government of bahrain . in 1980 all bapco s shares were taken over by the government of bahrain . in 1999 the current bahrain petroleum company was created when the bahrain national oil company established in 1976 merged with bapco . 1 4 operations edit bapco is an integrated oil company operating in the field of exploration drilling production refining and marketing . it operates a 260 000 barrel per day 41 000 m3 d oil refinery which lies midway between the original bapco expat workers accommodation township of awali and sitra . 5 the complex also includes storage facilities for 14 million barrels 2.2 10 6 m3 a marketing terminal and a marine terminal . about one sixth of this crude originates from bahrain field with the remainder being pumped from saudi arabia . saudi aramco supplies approximately 235 000 barrels per day 37 400 m3 d through the 62 kilometre 39 mi abqaiq dhahran pipelines system . citation needed a new pipeline has been proposed to be constructed from aramco s abqaiq plant to qurayyah utilising an existing pipeline corridor then offshore to bahrain and finally on a newly defined route to the bapco refinery . citation needed references edit a b c d vassiliou marius 2009 . historical dictionary of the petroleum industry . historical dictionaries of professions and industries . 3 . scarecrow press . pp. 71 72 . isbn 9780810859937 . lobna ali al khalifa 2010 . foreign direct investment in bahrain . universal publishers . p. 146 . isbn 9781599423210 . the united states and arab nationalism the syrian case 1953 1960 . greenwood publishing group . 2009 . p. 6 . isbn 9780275954260 . the middle east and north africa 2003 49 ed . . routledge . 2002 . p. 225 . isbn 9781857431322 . minerals yearbook 2008 v. 3 area reports international africa and the middle east . united states geological survey . 2010 . p. 45 3 . isbn 9781411329652 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bahrain petroleum company & oldid 718447178 categories oil and gas companies of bahrainnational oil and gas companiescompanies established in 1929hidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa ol edit links this page was last modified on 3 may 2016 at 15 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view