'File 14/1- Vol 6 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT'

Title:

'File 14/1- Vol 6 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT'

Date:

1936/1948

Description:

Abstract: The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman:Topics discussed include:Use of airfields by Petroleum Concessions LimitedExplorations in Oman by the Iraq Petroleum CompanyA map of concession areas in the Middle EastDemarcation of the Muscat/Aden boundaryExplorations for oil in Hadhramaut, Mahra, and Dhofar.Included in the file is a copy (folio 83) of the letter in 1929 from Sultan Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd to the Political Agent, Muscat (Gerald Patrick Murphy concerning the boundaries of Dhofar province.Also included (ff 94-95) are the 'Instructions to Field Party for Geological Reconnaissance of Southeastern Hadramhaut, the Mahra and Dhofar'.The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent, Muscat (Ralph Ingham Hollows); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (William Rupert Hay); the Political Agent, Bahrain; Iraq Petroleum Company (Stephen Hemsley Longrigg); the Manager, Petroleum Concessions (Trucial Coast) Limited, (Basil Henry le Riolet Lermitte); and Representative for Petroleum Concessions (Trucial Coast) Limited (Richard Bird).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 219; these numbers are written in pencil 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:

Petroleum industry
Oil
Concessions

Geographic region:

Dhofar
Oman

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000cb_ar
81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000cb_en
IOR/R/15/6/428
IOR/R/15/6/428

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