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Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.' [50r] (101/675)
The record is made up of 1 file (336 folios). It was created in 18 Jan 1945-22 Mar 1948. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Accordingly, he will be the official Company reprosents-tive l
to laoet with the political rulers o!' the areas visited, arr'i
adequate guards to conduct the party and tnake all commercial
arrangements both with uesse and Company, Aden (couunerciai
A- e :te for the Company) and the local Sheikhs# All func s will
be administed by him} and his opinion as to che advisability
of visiting areas based on the consideration of the security of
the parfy shall prevail* If, however, one or more routes
suggested to be travelled offer equal seo-rity, the decision
as bo ich shall be travelled rests i.ith the Geologist in
.Charge cf Technical Affairs, who will choose according to the
better geological interests of the expedition* Mr* Albounyan,
therefore, will have complete authority for the gen ral management
of politioul and coxamercial macters, chus incurring priuiary
responsibility for the party’s safety*
(2) Scientific Affairs
ii-r* Kene . etsel 111 be the Geologist in charge of
sclentifio matters pertaining to the survey* He will be
assisted by hr* D*h* Norton*
All matters pertainia t to the primary purpose of the survey*
namely geological examination of the area for the purpose of
evaluating i&s oil possibilities, will be administered by the
Geolo 1st in Charge. He will ex reis© his judgment, qualified
by the factor of the security of the party, as to %hich areas will
be visited and with that detail the routes indicated are to be
followed. The amount of detail wor* to be carried out and the
manner in which &ho examination, will be made, will be at his
discretion. The activities of the Assistant Geolo & ist will be
direct©'"* by ^he CpoIo ist in Charge*
ARliA TU BE COVERED
(1) HAPHRMAUT - kAHRA AR tAS
Starting from kuxalla, a general recunnaissanc© survey
is requested to be conducted along the south coast of the
Hadhramaut to the east and north to as close as is practicable
to the I hofaur frontier. extending inland from this base route,
lateral excursions should be made to examine the geologic structure
and stratigraphy of the area*
After completing the coastal area to the vicinity of the
hofar frontier, the party should be returned to MHAIFIF and
follow approximately the route taken by Mr* Altouayan In late 1946,
oroceedin; westward to a point to bo decided in the fielo, oased
on geological and political considerations. From the point
decided the examination is to be carried southwestward to the
WADI
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
MASILA and thence down the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
to SAIHUT* Along this
route indicated as in all other rouses it is requested that
lateral excursions be *Jtade wherever geclo 0 ical conditions afford
opportunities of adding new knowledge to the stratigraphy and
structure of th© area*
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The file concerns geological and geophysical surveys for oil and other minerals in the hinterland of Muscat and Oman (especially Dhofar Province, also referred to as Dhufar) and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (especially Sharjah) undertaken by the substantially British-owned Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) and its subsidiaries Petroleum Concessions Limited, Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited. The British Government were keen to assist IPC to resume exploration, which had been discontinued during the Second World War, in view of the political, strategic and economic importance of the Company's oil concessions in the area (folio 275).
The papers include: the extent to which certain tribal areas were under the control of local rulers; the need for demarcation of the boundaries of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. states; list of concession and political agreements in force in 1945 in the various Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. states (folios 267-268); interest on the part of the Shaikh of Fujairah in entering into treaty relations with the British Government (folio 210); minutes of meetings at the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. between British Government officials and oil company representatives; permission from the British Government to employ American personnel in survey work (folios 186-193); papers concerning a report by Sir Cyril Sankey Fox, formerly Director of the Geological Survey of India, for the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman entitled 'The Geology and Mineral and Other Resources of Dhufar Province and Other Parts of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, South-East Arabia', March-May 1947 (folios 64-100), including correspondence from the author of the report; sketch map provided by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat (Major Andrew Charles Stewart), which is said by him to have been marked by the Sultan of Muscat [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr] to show the western boundary of Dhofar (folio 68); a request by Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited that geological factors be taken into account in determining the boundary between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with sketch map (folios 57-58); Petroleum Concessions Limited 'Instructions to Field Party for Geological Reconnaissance of Southeastern Hadhramaut, the Mahra, and Dhofar' (folios 49-53); and minutes of Foreign Office meeting to discuss the south-eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia, July 1947.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (336 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 336; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 327-335; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and have been crossed out. Finally, the second folio is listed as ‘1A’ rather than ‘2.’
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- Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.'
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- 49r:53v
- Author
- Baker, N E
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