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Coll 30/87(2) Part II 'Qatar: Oil Concession - P.C.L.'s Operations.' [177r] (356/603)
The record is made up of 1 file (296 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1945-13 Apr 1948. 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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to an un^ustiftable extent on Qata^rights.
reoamends instead-th^-t a delimitjjHg line should ^i.n^
the -whole group which woul^^hus form
enclave
An area of land belonging to one country and entirely surrounded by land of just one other country.
igt
In leTI 1 itT5rpV-^gm.s appears necessary because the
group is partially within Qataftterritorial waters and
entirel^on the Qataffside of the median line between
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and Qj.4!aft(soe ^'arrgp/Tuph 10 bcluw). /fftie 1 Ine
should
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ae in accordance" wa^th territorial waters
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s a.'n the should on the J^ast be
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do if. i del arbitrarily •b^-'fyiTO-full juirtlco to . t
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Starting at a point three miles north of the northern
tip of Hflwar it should be drawn roughly South-South-
East to the low water line on the^iastem side of
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Ajaira, thence J|puth to the point on the uSastem low
water line of Sawad Shamaliyah (North Sav/ad) and on
to the Jtastem low water line of Sawad Janubt.yah
(South Sawad)/ thence the line should run to the median
point of the gap in the '’causeway” of innumerable
small rocks stretching from Bu Sadad to Qatafc. The
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
reports that apart from this gap of
about 50 yards roughly midway between Bu Sadad and
Qatar? it is possible to step from rock to rock and pass
across dry shod. Thence to the "Pirates' Channel" (a
channel of deep water leading from the causeway through
a shallow lagoon south of the causeway to deeper
water beyond, said to have been tul-H: by a pirate
chief, and easily recognisable) and so to the .Eastern
low water line of the "Ta.il” of IiAwar. From there it
should follow.the low water line as far as the "fiump”
whence it should be continued out to sea in a westerly
direction for three miles and so along the coast line
at a diot-gtyioo^/of three miles to join the starting point.
The
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
adds that the Western coast of
/H«war
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The file concerns the operations of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) (and its subsidiary Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited) in Qatar. Of particular importance in the file is the issue of the division of the sea bed for drilling operations between PCL's concession, and that of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) in Bahrain.
The file contains discussion of the issue by the 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. , the Foreign Office, the Ministry of Fuel and Power, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain.
The papers cover: the resumption of drilling operations in Qatar after their suspension during the Second World War; payment of royalties; the Hawar Islands; the granting of permission to use wireless sets; the response of British officials to a United States Government request to PCL for information on petroleum resources in Qatar and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , October-November 1946; aerial surveys of the Bahrain-Qatar Unallotted Area; the application of US President Harry S Truman's continental shelf doctrine to the issue (e.g. folios 141, 110); maps of the area; Admiralty comments on the need for all parties to be aware that the sea bed only was concerned, and that the waters above, and free navigation, were in no way affected (folio 46); correspondence from the oil companies involved; and the reactions of local rulers to the negotiations.
The file also contains five maps.
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 (296 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 296; 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. Foliation anomaly: 268a.
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- Title
- Coll 30/87(2) Part II 'Qatar: Oil Concession - P.C.L.'s Operations.'
- Pages
- front, back, front-i, 2r:4v, 7r:12v, 15r:15v, 16v:17v, 18v:22v, 31r:51v, 52v:85v, 86v:104v, 105v:123v, 125r:130v, 131v:155v, 157r:167v, 168v:211v, 212v:218v, 230r:233v, 234v:239v, 242r:243v, 244v:254v, 258r:266v, 267v:268v, 268ar:268av, 269r:271v, 272v, 275r:282v, 283v:286v, 296r:296v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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