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Coll 30/87(2) Part II 'Qatar: Oil Concession - P.C.L.'s Operations.' [253v] (513/603)
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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end of the main Hawar Island, appears to be within abo/
three miles of the coast of Qatar and the. territorial ws^ers
of the island must overlap those of the Qatar mainlaind*
We should, therefore, prefer to see BAPCO's operations
deferred on Hawar until a "frontier" has been defined between
their concession on the island and that of P.C.L. in Qatar,
including, presumably, its territorial waters, whatever
they may be, ,
3 On the face- of it, it would appear that a frontier
ring should be put round the Hawar Islands,when these are
appropriately defined, and that a frontier line should then
be drawn due north from the Hawar Islands which would
leave Jabal and Jaradeh ( points E & P on the BAPC 6 map)
in Qatar territory. There has, however, as you know, been
talk in company circles of a possible quid pro quo arrange
ment whereby 3APC0 would be prepared to give up the Hawar
Islands (in which we understand P,G,L* are fairly interested)
in exchange for some eastward extension of the territorial
waters of Bahrein Island, If this kind of consideration
is to be taken into account, however, it would mean re
opening the 1939 decision on the Hawar Islands which I
gather you are not prepared to do, .*
&
. It is perhaps relevant to this problem of dividing
thb enclosed waters between Bahrein and Qater to mention
the Red Line Agreement, Y/ithout.going into detail this
has the effect that the Iraq Petroleum Company and its
P.C,L, subsidiaries would have to obtain the sanction of
its component groups before it could v/ork an oil concession
outside the Red Line area which, for this purpose, may be
defined as the mainland and territorial waters of the
Arabian Peninsula, excluding Kuweit. We would not expect
/any
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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.
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- 1 file (296 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 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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