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Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.' [57r] (115/675)
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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Copy of Letter Ko. TS
1947, from The Manager, petro
Limioed, to uhe
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.
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fi DevelopAeat (
Trucial coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
)
d the 30th April,
In eontinuatioii of our DO. No. TLA.2/4768 dated the
6th arch, 1947.
We understand from our London principals that they
have been in correspondence with 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.
on the
question of boundaries between the various Sheikhdoms on
the
Trucial coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
. Our principals tooK the view that
boundaries should be settled prior to drilling or other
intense activity which could reveal to the Shaikhs the
position of potential oil fields. It is understood that 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.
prefer not to undertake a general boundary
demarkation but would prefer to limit rulings uo cases of
possible dispute.
2. We consider a case in point has now arisen between
Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Geo-physical work this season 1946-47
indicates two separate potential oil fields, both partially
in disputed territory, and it is highly desirable to estab
lish ownership before intensive worK next season reveals the
Company's interesc in the disputed area and gives the Shaikhs
ideas on its value co them. Actuary for the next two seasons
geo-physical and seismic work will, in all probability, be
concentrated on the Abu Dhabi side, which may be expected to
intensify and extend Dubai claims.
3. Our geologists have puc forward an idea that in certain
circumstances, where at all feasible and where a disputed area
lends itself to it, the bo ndary line could with advantage be
drawn on a geological basis, thus avoiding the splitting of an
oil field Involving the Company in all the evils attendant
upon such a situation. Such evils could easily include pro
longed litigation in connection with oil royalties, or hosti-
Udt lities between Shaikhdoms o? tribes. The geologists further
state that these circumstances apply in the Dubai Abu Dhabi area,
and that the red line on the attached map, by a useful coinci
dence, both separates two potential oil fields in the area Jabal
All south-westward to Khor Ghanadah, and divides approximately
centrally a disputed territory, (provided the Company's infor
mation on the disputed territory is correct). A line drawn
elsewhere it is believed would split a structure or potential
oil field.
4. We have been instructed by London to approach you locally
with a view to obtaining a ruling on the boundary between Abu
Dhabi and Dubai in the disputed area, and if appropriate we
shall be pleased to hear if consideration can be given to the
Company's suggestion that the geological factor in this case
should be taken into account. As explained above time is short,
as next season's geo-physical work will commence in September/
October.
5. In conclusion we would make.it clear that our use of the
term "potential oil field" should not be taken to mean that oil
has been located, but that possible structures exist.
Enel. 1 Map.
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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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- 57r:57v, 240r:240v
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- Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations xx Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company xx Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited
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