'File 14/2 Gwadar Oil'

Title:

'File 14/2 Gwadar Oil'

Date:

1939/1950

Description:

Abstract: The file comprises four items of correspondence in the period 1939 to 1950 relating to a concession for prospecting for oil in Gwadur (at that time a dependency of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman).Issues discussed include the withdrawal in 1939 of the Burma Oil Company from negotiations with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and renewed interest in 1950 following a seepage of oil.Issues discussed include the issue of the claim of the Government of Pakistan on Gwadur and the definition of its boundaries.The correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Rupert Hay); the Political Agent, Muscat (Frederick Charles Leslie Chauncy); the Foreign Office; the India Office; and the Managing Director, Burmah Oil Company (William Ernest Victor Abraham).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 6; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.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:

Petroleum industry
Concessions
Oil

Geographic region:

Gwadur

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000d1_ar
81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000d1_en
IOR/R/15/6/434
IOR/R/15/6/434

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