Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.' [166r] (333/675)
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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[N.B .—This ix an ORIGIN A L message, sent by AIR MAIL which provides a means of communication
expeditious than the ordinary mail and is cheaper than the telegraph. It is intended to be treated,
on receipt, with the same expedition as if it had been telegraphed. To save time and to obviate
formalities it is drafted in the form of a telegram. It is authenticated by the signature of a
No. 8 Q3-3, aaojx Bahrain,
Dated the 30th September 19 46.
the 30th September
Bahrain,
To
Re tax and um London
Repeated
Foreign New Delhi*
During my recent visit to Muscat the Sultan asked that
if P.C.L. do not intend to undertake serious operations in Dhofar
they should inform him accordingly and permit him to enter into
negotiations with some other company.
2. The position is that P.C.L. have informed the Sultan of
their desire to take up the Oil Concession in Dhofar as provided
for in Art. 6 of the Dhofar Oil Agreement with effect from the
8th May 1944 and that the Sultan has acknowledged receipt of
/ their communication vide
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Express Letter No. 490«S dated
25th May 1944. The Sultan’s final reply does not appear to
he on record in this office and I am making enquiries about it.
Provided therefore the Company make the payments stipulated in
Article 6 of the Dhofar Oil Agreement, the Sultan is bound by the
Agreement until the year 2012 vide Article 2.
3. I understand from local enquiries that P.C.L. do intend
sooner or later to carry out a proper survey of Dhofar. As it
is an area in which the Sultan is particularly interested and as
he has agreed that the whole of it should be surveyed at once
vide paragraph 2 of
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’s letter No. C.317-
14/1 dated the 13th April 1946 {copy sent to
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.
and
/Government of India under
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Printed Letter No. 560-S
| dated 6th May 1946) I think it would be politic for the Company
to undertake such a survey as soon as possible. They may find
the Sultan readier to facilitate their surveys elsewhere if they
do so.
4. At a separate interview the Sultan asked for the services
of a geologist to carry out a survey of Dhofar to ascertain what
minerals are present other than oil. The Sultan made a similar
request in 1943 and the Government of India agreed to send a survey
party vide their Express Letter No. 5402-N/43 dated 9th August
1943 but on being informed that certain specimens sent for analysis
were of no value he asked that the survey should be postponed.
(Signature)
/ 5.
S. 44
MFP—1450 S&P-(M-2386)—20-3-40—15,000.
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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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- Title
- Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:6v, 8r:12v, 14r:21v, 27r:47v, 54r:56v, 59r:63v, 65r:67v, 69v:70v, 88r:92v, 96r:97v, 99r:100v, 105r:112v, 114r:115v, 117r:117v, 119r:138v, 141r:150v, 153r:161v, 164r:168v, 170v:179v, 181r:182v, 184r:190v, 194r:203v, 206r:214v, 217r:218v, 220r:221v, 223r:224v, 226r:228v, 229v, 232r:232v, 236r:237v, 241r:248v, 250r:256v, 258r:260v, 262r:272v, 274r:283v, 286r:287v, 292r:292v, 294r:297v, 300r:304v, 307r:315v, 318r:319v, 326r:326v, 327v:330v, 332r:336v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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