'File 39/7 (10/9) Kuwait Oil Concession'

Title:

'File 39/7 (10/9) Kuwait Oil Concession'

Date:

1936/1947

Description:

Abstract: The file contains correspondence between Kuwait Oil Company, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Agent at Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the discovery of oil in Kuwait; because of the scarcity of oil found in the well at Bahra it was decided to drill another well around the w ara(sandstone) hill (now part of Burqan Field), where oil was found in commercial quantities in 1938. Copy of the 1934 Agreements between the British Government, the Sheikh of Kuwait and with Kuwait Oil Company is included in the file (ff 3-10). The discovery of oil in Kuwait increased interest from Saudi Arabia over the Neutral Zone, which is subject of correspondence from Petroleum Concessions Limited.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 44; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-37; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Concessions, Oil, Kuwait-Nejd Neutral Zone

Geographic region:

Bahra
Kuwait
Palestine

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000141_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000141_en
IOR/R/15/2/878
IOR/R/15/2/878

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