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Coll 30/138 'Oil: Debai Political Agreement and Refinery Agreement.' [81r] (161/369)
The record is made up of 1 file (183 folios). It was created in 2 Apr 1936-25 May 1937. 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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TELEPHONE : NATIONAL 3M2
TELEGRAMS :
INLAND : PETCONCESS, FINSQUARE, LONDON
FOREIGN : PETCONCESS. LONDON
CODES :
BENTLEY’S SECOND PHRASE
BENTLEY’S COMPLETE PHRASE WITH OIL SUPPLEMENT
LOMBARD
PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LIMITED
DIRECTORS :
Sir John Cadman,
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
(Chairman)
A. Agnew, C.P«*J:.
R. Cayrol, D.’ ~''D.S.C. (French)
W. Fraser, C.,
C. S. Gulbenkian (formerly Armenian)
J. B. A. Kessler (Dutch)
iitJalmJUJwA L. M. Lefroy
J. A. Meny (French)
H. G. Seidel (U.S.A.)
R. W. Sellers
J. Skliros
CITY-GATE HOUSE
FINSBURY SQUARE
LONDON • E.C.2
18th November, 1936.
Dear Mr. Glauson,
I refer to your letter P,Z*7702/36, dated the 28th October to
Longrigg (who left last week on a short visit to the Near East), on
the subject of the proposed Refinery Clause in the Political Agreements
between P-C.L* and His Majesty^ Government in respect of concessions
which may be obtained on the Arab side of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Your revised draft marked "B” has been duly considered by the Board,
and is accepted - not without some qualms.
The Board rely on the fact that they can look to K*M.G. for a
reasonable interpretation of the phrase u commercial considerations” and
that E.lvAG. appreciate in particular that a small production in a
number of separate concession areas, even though the total might reach
500,000, might not necessarily justify the erection of a refinery in any
one of those areas, if the cost of collecting small parcels of crude oil
and transporting them to a central refinery site were a serious item of
expenditure.
They also think it right that I should draw the attention of H.M*G.
to the fact that, even if oil is found in the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, it does not
necessarily follow that it will be of such quality as to make it a
commercial proposition to obtain from it the particular products in which
H.T.G* may then happen to be interested, or to process it in the manner
and to the extent necessary to make it comply with the particular specifi
cations which may be laid down by the Admiralty or the Royal Air Force,
and still rind a market for it at competitive prices.
Longrigg has given me to understand that it has been agreed with you
that the Pre-emption Clause, which in the -^atar case is a schedule to the
Political Agreement, will, in this case, be a schedule to the Refinery
Agreement.
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The file concerns the preparation and signing of two agreements relating to the Debai [Dubai] oil concession:
- Political agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, and its subsidiary company, 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, setting out the terms in the event of the Company obtaining a concession from the Shaikh of Dubai
- Refinery agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited (and its subsidiary companies) relating to the refining of crude oil, setting out the terms for the erection of a refinery or refineries on the Arab side of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The papers include: comments by various British Government departments (including the Admiralty, Air Ministry, Petroleum Department and the Foreign Office); drafts of the agreements; correspondence from Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL); correspondence concerning the insertion of a pre-emption clause in the political agreement setting out the British Government's right of pre-emption of all crude oil obtained under the concession in the event of a state of national emergency or war; signed copies of the two agreements, dated 5 February 1937 (folios 20-23); and 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. confidential print entitled 'Dubai Oil Concession and Connected Documents', containing copies of the political agreement, the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Dubai and Petroleum Concessions Limited, dated 22 May 1937, and related correspondence.
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 (183 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 184; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 30/138 'Oil: Debai Political Agreement and Refinery Agreement.'
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- 166r:166v, 81r:82v, 11r
- Author
- Skliros, John
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