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'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company' [228r] (465/570)
The record is made up of 1 file (281 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1936-4 Oct 1939. 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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ENCLOSURE IN FOREIGN OFFICE
COVERING LETTER DATED g5 AUG 1930
DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
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June 11, 1938.
CONFIDENTIAL.
| Section 1.
(15418)
E 3469/2478/91] Co Py N(K
Vote on Petroleum Developments in the, Arabian Peninsula. (Prepared in the
Petroleum Department, June 1938 .)—(Received in Foreign Office, June 11.)
General. ., , r
FOR the purposes of this summary the Arabian Peninsula may be said to xie
south of a line joining Aqaba at the northern end of the Red Sea to Koweit at
the northern end of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. Included in this area are the following
States, sheikhdoms or territories, in most of which petroleum concessions have
been, or are likely to be, obtained :—
(A) Under British sovereignty or protection—
Koweit.
Bahrein.
Qatar.
Trucial Sheikhdoms—
Ajman.
Abu Dhabi.
Debai.
Ras-al-Khaimah.
Sharjah.
Umm-al-Quwaim.
Aden Colony.
Aden Protectorate.
(B) Independent States—
Saudi Arabia—
(i) Red Sea Area.
(ii) Nejd
(a) Hasa.
(b) Remainder of Nejd.
The Yemen.
Muscat and Oman^ 1 )
(C) Miscellaneous—
Koweit Neutral Zone.
Petroleum Concessions (Limited). . .
2. As Petroleum Concessions (Limited) are interested m the majority o t e
above-mentioned territories it has been thought worth while to include m this
summary a short note on the genesis and composition of the company^
3 The company, which was first registered in October 1935, is a subbidiai >
of the Iraq Petroleum Company, and the change of name was
order to facilitate the securing of concessions outside I ^q- J^ wh ol e ot
shares in Petroleum Concessions (Limited) are he d by the same mteiests a
the same proportions as obtain in the Iraq 1 etroleum P y* , p . ^
of the twocompanies are similarly composed, except that the Boaid of Feti
m His Majesty's Government exercise by custom only a considerable degree oi influence
over the affairs of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
9918 [330 1—1]
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This file contains correspondence and documentation relating to the initiation of oil operations in Kuwait by the Kuwait Oil Company. The majority of the papers relate to operational matters from workers contracts, buoying and navigation, to plans for the construction of refineries.
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- 1 file (281 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 283; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 6-278; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- IOR/R/15/5/249
- Title
- 'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7v, 20r:24v, 29r:29v, 31r:37v, 40r:57v, 69r:70v, 72r:78v, 80r:85v, 87r:90v, 92r:95v, 99r:99v, 102r:105v, 107r:109v, 125r:131v, 135r:135v, 137r:140v, 142r:149v, 151r:154v, 156r:158r, 158r, 159v, 159v:180v, 197r:198v, 200r:214v, 217r:244v, 246r:255v, 258r:258v, 263r:272v, 275r:275v, 277r:282v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence