Seabed concessions (Qatar)

FO 1016/46 1951 Jan 3-1952 Jan 5
Description

This file relates to seabed concessions in Qatar. It contains correspondence on:

  • Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) operations
  • International Marine Oil Company's request to carry out survey operations in the waters around Dibul [Dibal] and Jaradeh
  • Various exchanges of letters on the Bahrain Petroleum Company's protest against the 1947 decision regarding the Qatar seabed boundary
  • Delimitation of the seabed boundary between Bahrain and Qatar
  • International Marine Oil Company's alleged operations in waters within the Bahrain concession area
  • Geographical coordinates relating to the geophysical work completed by the International Marine Oil Company Limited
  • Confirmation that a survey of the seabed between Bahrain and Qatar and the Hawar Islands carried out by the Bahrain Petroleum Company confirms that there is no oil in the area
  • Request by the Superior Oil Company to prepare a plan of survey operations in the seabed area off the west coast
  • Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain's claim to the whole of the seabed between Bahrain and the Coast of Qatar
  • International Marine's request to start survey operations in the Abu Dhabi seabed
  • Sheikh of Bahrain's claim to all the waters, the seabed and the subsoil beyond the eastern limits of the line laid down in 1947 and the agreement with the International Marine Oil Company continuing their survey of the seabed between Qatar and Bahrain