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'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company' [259r] (527/570)
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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,3882/39
KUWAIT GIL COl'PANY LB.1ITLD
Britannic House,
F in sljury G i rcus,
London, E.C.2.
21st June, 1939
J.C.Walton, Esq..,
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.
,
'Whitehall,
3. W • 1 •
Dear V/alton,
I he Bhaikh of Kuwait has addressed an enquiry to
Directors through Major Holmes as to the Company’s intentions
regarding a declaration that petroleum has "been founo. in
commercial quantities and I enclose for your confidential
perusal a copy of a letter which it is proposed to send
to Holmes on the matter.
Is you doubtless know, our relations with the shaikh
have always been extremely cordial and the Board are anxious
to do everything they can to maintain that happy state of
affairs. They would like, therefore, to satisfy the
Sheikh by making the declaration as soon as, and if, it is
justified by the results of Burgan, No. 3 well. ^ Ji^ey have,
however, to consider the incidence of Clause i0 of the
agreement between H.M.Government and the Company which
requires the letter, when it is satisfied that commercial
production is assured, to examine with H.M.G* the question
of establishing a refinery in Kuwait.
The establishment of a refinery, as you know,
involves very large capital expenditure which could only
be made if the Company were assured that oil could be
produced in Kuwait in large quantities over a long period
of years. The two present wells and the third which is
being drilled and which it is hoped to bring in shortly
could/
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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)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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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
- 8r:19v, 25r:28v, 30r:30v, 38r:39v, 58r:68v, 71r:71v, 79r:79v, 86r:86v, 91r:91v, 96r:98v, 100r:101v, 106r:106v, 110r:124v, 132r:134v, 136r:136v, 141r:141v, 150r:150v, 155r:155v, 181r:196v, 215r:216v, 245r:245v, 256r:257v, 259r:262v, 273r:274v, 276r:276v
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- Kuwait Oil Company
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