Interview with executive of Caltex Petroluem Corporation, Leigh D. Josephson, including his personal experiences related to employment with Standard Oil of California, his assignment to Bahrain and transfer to Caltex, the construction of Ras Tanura refinery in Saudi Arabia, and the bombing of the Bapco refinery in Bahrain. Josephson also talks about refinery operations in Bahrain during and after World War II, his various positions and responsibilities with Caltex and Bapco, work in Bahrain and the Philippines, his personal relationship with the Bahraini royal family, and the OPEC and Arab oil embargoes in 1967.
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Interview with executive of Caltex Petroluem Corporation, Leigh D. Josephson, including his personal experiences related to employment with Standard Oil of California, his assignment to Bahrain and transfer to Caltex, the construction of Ras Tanura refinery in Saudi Arabia, and the bombing of the Bapco refinery in Bahrain. Josephson also talks about refinery operations in Bahrain during and after World War II, his various positions and responsibilities with Caltex and Bapco, work in Bahrain and the Philippines, his personal relationship with the Bahraini royal family, and the OPEC and Arab oil embargoes in 1967.
Physical Description
47 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Fuller list of topics discussed in this oral history: refinery operations in Bahrain during World War II, Josephson's early relationship with Bapco and Caltex, Bapco and the royal family of Bahrain, British influence in Bahrain and Bapco, Bapco's postwar refinery expansion, the training of local nationals, his transfer to the Philippines as superintendent of the Batangas refinery, living standards for Caltex employees, transferring back to Bahrain, relations between Caltex and Bapco, military fuel oil contracts, Bapco's decision-making process and organization, his responsibilities as Bapco's refinery manager, fringe benefits for employees, transferring to Bahrain as vice president and general manager of Bapco and his later appointment as president, Bapco's changing role within the Caltex system, his personal relationship with the Bahraini royal family, and the OPEC and Arab oil embargoes in 1967.
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