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Coll 30/138 'Oil: Debai Political Agreement and Refinery Agreement.' [145r] (289/369)
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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(p.z. 6761/36)
Whenever the production of crude oil in the areas
in which the Company holds concessions in^fche
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
area reaches a total of 500,000 tons per annum, the Company
undertake to erect on the Arab side of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
within one of the said areas, or in any other place which may
be approved by H*M. Government, a refinery or refineries t with
a total capacity of not less than 250,000 tons of crude dl per
annum.
If and when the total production of 500,000 tons is
achieved the Company agree to consult with His majesty's
Government as to.the best location for the refinery or
refineries. The Company undertake to complete the refinery or
refineries and put and maintain it or them in efficient
working order with due diligence and dispatch but in any event
within two years from the date on which the selection of the
site or sites shall have been agreed between His Majesty’s
Government and the Company.
In the event of the total production exceeding
1,000,000 tons the Company agree to examine with H.k.
uovernment, should cormercial conditions justify it, the
question of establishing further refineries or of increasing
the capacity of any existing refinery or refineries so as to
provide for the refining of not less than one third of the
total crude oil production in the said areas.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (183 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3872
- Title
- Coll 30/138 'Oil: Debai Political Agreement and Refinery Agreement.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 11v:15v, 17r:19v, 24r:24v, 26r:31v, 33r:59v, 67r:77v, 79r:80v, 90r:90v, 98r:104v, 107v, 108v, 111r, 112r:131v, 134r:151v, 154r:165v, 167r:184v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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