'File 14/1 III Oil concession in Muscat'

Title:

'File 14/1 III Oil concession in Muscat'

Date:

1937/1938

Description:

Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Muscat territory.The discussion in the volume relates to the following issues:Agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Ltd (ff 17-19)Sultan's negotiations with Petroleum Concessions LtdFuel supplies for air reconnaissanceMuscat Oil ConcessionPolitical AgreementExploration of Buraimi and Jebel HafitEmployment of American geologists for exploration in Muscat hinterland.The volume also includes (ff 236-241) a 'Note on Petroleum Developments in the Arabian Peninsula (Prepared in the Petroleum Department, June 1938)'.The principal correspondents include: the Political Agent, Muscat (Ralph Ponsonby Watts); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Ltd, (Stephen Hemsley Longrigg); the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 295; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 3-292, and ff 89-291; these numbers are also written in pencil, the first one are circled and the second are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Concessions, Oil, Muscat

Geographic region:

Oman

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000c8_ar
81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000c8_en
IOR/R/15/6/425
IOR/R/15/6/425

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