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Coll 30/216 'Development of oil supplies in the Middle East.' [19r] (37/131)
The record is made up of 1 file (63 folios). It was created in 18 Nov 1943-12 Jun 1947. 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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A SURVEY OF THE OIL RESOURCES OF
[With map and graph.]
Index.
Abu Dhabi (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
) ...
Aden Protectorate (including Hadhramaut)
Afghanistan
Ajman (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
)
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Asir (Sa’udi Arabia)
Bahrain...
Cyprus ... ... ••• ••• •••
Dhofar, tee under Oman and Dhofar.
Dibai (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
)...
Egypt
Eritrea ...
Hadhramaut, see under Aden.
Hijaz (Sa’udi Arabia)
Iran, see under Persia.
Iraq
Kalba (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
)
Kuwait ...
Lebanon ... ••• ••• •••
Neutral Zone between Iraq and Sa’udi Arabia ..
Neutral Zone between Kuwait and Sa’udi Arabia
Oman and Dhofar
Palestine
Persia (Iran) ...
Qatar
Ras al-Khaima (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
)
Sa’udi Arabia ...
Sharja (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
)
Somaliland, British ...
Sudan, see under Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
Syria
Transferred Territories (Iraq)
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
...
Turkey ...
Umm al-Qaiwain (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
) ...
U.S.S.R
Yemen ...
February 28, 1945.
Section 1.
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Copy No.
160
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THE MIDDLE EAST
*tr 1915
24-27
46-49
30,31
84-94
17-19
94
141-150
103-104
(For Middle Eastern Oil Production from 1933 to 1943, see the graph at the end of the
V Survey. A map showing the oilfields and concession areas in the Middle Eastern
Countries is also annexed.)
A SURVEY OF THE OIL RESOURCES OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
Introduction.
1 There is good reason for believing that the Middle Eastern countries
will, in the course of a comparatively short space of time, contribute a very much
larger proportion of the world’s oil supplies than they do at present. In 1939
their production amounted to nearly 16,000,000 tons, representing no more than
6 per cent, of the world total. Although much prospecting and other work yet
[63—76] B
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The file contains papers concerning the British Government's decision in 1943 to sanction an increase in oil production in the Middle East.
The papers include: the agreement of the military authorities, 1943; papers of the War Cabinet Oil Control Board, November 1943 (including approval for the recommencement of drilling at Qatar); Foreign Office 'Survey of the Oil Resources of the Middle East' (with map and graph), 28 February 1945; Foreign Office map of 'Concession Areas in the Middle East', October 1946; papers dated 1946 concerning a memorandum entitled 'Oil and the Middle East' by K Stock of the Ministry of Fuel and Power; and papers concerning a request from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) for trade statistics on the consumption of petroleum products in certain Middle Eastern countries, 1947.
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 (63 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 65, 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.
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- Title
- Coll 30/216 'Development of oil supplies in the Middle East.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 5v:7v, 11r:16v, 18r:27v, 29r:44r, 44ar:44av, 45r:64v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence