File 1421/1908 Pt 1 'Persia: oil; D'Arcy Oil Syndicate'

Title:

File 1421/1908 Pt 1 'Persia: oil; D'Arcy Oil Syndicate'

Date:

1904/1909

Description:

Abstract: Part 1 consists of correspondence relating to work connected to the Persian oil wells of the D'Arcy Syndicate, and Concessions Syndicate Ltd. The correspondence is between the Government of India, Foreign Office, India Office, and representatives of both oil companies. Included as enclosures are letters, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:British Minister to Persia;British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire;the Persian Prime Minister (Mushir-ed-Dowleh);Political Resident in Turkish Arabia and Consul-General at Baghdad;Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, Vice-Consul in Arabistan, at Ahwaz;Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire;John Richard Preece, British Consul-General at Isfahan, acting on behalf of Concessions Syndicate Ltd;George B Reynolds, geologist for Concessions Syndicate Ltd;William Knox D'Arcy, representative of both oil companies;Thomas Jackson, Director of Imperial Bank of Persia.Several matters are covered by the papers, including:Arthur Henry Hardinge's tour of D'Arcy's Persian oil wells in January 1904;status of oil production of the wells;the question of who is to receive the oil concessions;the companies' needs for financial and administrative assistance from the Indian and British governments;an agreement reached between the Syndicate and the leaders of the Bakhtiari tribes;the question of guarding the wells;the need for land for reservoirs and a refinery and the arrangements for the purchase of such on Abadan Island, Mohammerah [Khorramshahr];the question of expanding production into Pusht-i-Kuh;the need for telegraphic services in the region;proposals for a pipeline to the coast.Folio 251 is a sketch plan of Abadan Island showing the location of the land required by the Syndicate.Physical description: 1 item (109 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Petroleum industry

Rights:

رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100028322646.0x000002_ar
81055/vdc_100028322646.0x000002_en
IOR/L/PS/10/143/1
IOR/L/PS/10/143/1

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