Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎11v] (27/1028)

untoward incidents occurred, personal contacts were established with the
■ local petty Shaikhs, generally speaking the ice may be said to have been
broken, and when the explorations are renewed next winter there is a reason
able prospect of their being more successful.
Negotiations for an oil concession at Gwadur, in Muscat territory, were
begun with the Sultan by rival companies, the Burmah Oil Company and
Indian Oil Concessions Limited, the latter representing the Standard Oil
Company of California as well as Indian interests. These negotiations were
in progress at the end of the year.
On the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Petroleum Concessions Limited, who had after
prolonged negotiations secured concessions from the Shaikhs of Dibai and
Sharjah, continued their negotiations with the remaining Shaikhs and by the
end of the year had obtained either concessions or options from the latter.
In view of the interest displayed by the Standard Oil Company of California
in the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. area, this is satisfactory.
In Qatar drilling operations continued but oil had not been struck by the
end of the year.
At Bahrain the Bahrain Petroleum Company, who had completed the
construction of their refinery in 1937, continued to expand. The production
for the last four years is as follows in tons of oil:—
1935 176,388
1936 509,600
1937 1,061,347
1938 . 1485,428
The total personnel of the Company for the last four years is as follows :—
Americans
European British subjects .
Indian British subjects
Bahrainis
1935. 1936. 1937. 1938.
49 153 126 90
26 157 308 224
61 323 214 422
1,283 3447 3,304 1,596
Kuwaitis etc. J
244 658 688 286
Total
1,663 5,038 4,640 2,618.