Qatar seabed oil concession

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• The negotiations for an oil concession agreement between the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani and Shell, including the involvement of Abdulla Darwish signed on 29 November 1952
• Negotiations for a political agreement between Shell and HMG
• The seabed boundary delimitation between Qatar and Bahrain
• The presentation of water carrying vehicles to the Ruler of Qatar by Shell
• The plans of the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company Limited (a subsidiary of Shell) to develop the Qatar offshore concession.