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'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company' [267r] (543/570)
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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P. Z » 4-424/39 .
P»D> 98/5 .
Petroleum Department 5
(Mines Department)
Your letter, P.Z.3o32/39, of 29th June about the
Kov/eit Oil Company and the question of the commercial
production of oil.
^ note from your letter and the enclosure to printed
letter P.Z*4061/39 of 3rd July that the Company have
decided to make a declaration to the Sheikh at an early
ua te in connection v/ith Article 3(b) of the Commercial
Agreement ohat "petroleum has been found in commercial
quantities".
making of this declaration involves the raising of the
question of the erection of a refinery which is dealt v/ith
in Article 10 of the Political Agreement. It is true that
under that Agreement the Company agree to examine with
rl.M.G. the question of establishing a refinery if and when
they are "satisfied that commercial production is assured".
Jut under the Article the Company only declare their intention
to erect a refinery "should they consider that commercial
conditions justify it". The drilling of three wells, which
is all that has taken place so far, represents in effect only
a very early stage of the development of the field and it may
be some time before the refinery question becomes a live issue.
I think it is arguable that the Company’s declaration under
the Commercial Agreement is a trifle premature but I do not
feel that justifies us in raising the refinery question.
4. In the circumstances I suggest that you might inform
Mr. Kemp that we do not propose to raise the refinery question
at this stage although we attach considerable importance to it
el, Esq., C.B.E. , M.C. ,
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.
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5.
I do not think that we can possibly maintain that the
King Charles Street, S.V/.l.
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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.
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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
- 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