Coll 30/217(1) 'Trans-Arabian Pipe Line (Persian Gulf - to Mediterranean)'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 30/217(1) 'Trans-Arabian Pipe Line (Persian Gulf - to Mediterranean)'
- Date:
- 1945/1947
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns oil company proposals for the construction of a Trans-Arabian oil pipeline between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The file largely consists of papers relating to Trans-Jordan and Palestine, and to a lesser extent, Saudi Arabia and Egypt (including correspondence from the Colonial Office, the High Commissioner for Palestine, and the Ministry of Fuel and Power, and memoranda issued by the Cabinet Chiefs of Staff Committee).The papers also include: correspondence concerning a proposal from the Arabian-American Oil Company (Aramco) for a hydrographic survey of the coast of Koweit [Kuwait] (including the Kuwait Neutral Zone), May-August 1945; and discussion of agreements between various oil companies (including the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company) relating to Kuwait oil, December 1946-June 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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 154; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Oil pipelines
Exxon Corporation
Arabian American Oil Company - Geographic region:
- Koweit
Trans-Jordan
Palestine - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000214_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000214_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3961
IOR/L/PS/12/3961