Relations between the Qatar Petroleum Company and the Government of Qatar

This file relates to relations between Qatar Petroleum Company Limited (QPC) and the Government of Qatar, regarding oil activity in the country. It covers correspondence on:

• QPC's crude oil shipments for November 1953-November 1954 [enclosed] (1)
• Final oil tonnage statement for September-December 1952, and the final calculation of the Ruler of Qatar's share of the profits (2)
• QPC's agreement with the Ruler (3, 7)
• Provisional tonnage statements, covering the first quarter of 1953 and the sums paid to the Ruler (4)
• Second quarter of 1954 (9)
• Third quarter 1954, and a provisional calculation of the Ruler's share of the profit (15)
• Plans for the accounting firm Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Company to send a representative to Doha for consultation with the Ruler (5)
• Comments from Political Resident in the Persian Gulf B A B Burrows on the relations between QPC and Abdulla Darwish Fakhroo of the Qatar Government and the suggestion that the company should appoint a chief local representative (6)
• Darwish's proposal of an agreement with QPC for the area from the 'concession line' to the southern boundary (7)
• Services rendered by QPC for the Qatar Government beyond the terms of their concession (10)
• Discussion between Darwish and Mr Gibson of the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) regarding QPC's agreement with the Ruler (11)
• Plans for Burrows to meet with Gibson regarding QPC (12)
• Discussion of the two main issues between QPC and Darwish, and attempts to lead the two sides to an understanding (13)
• QPC's newly reached agreement with Darwish, and Gibson's calculations of future oil production in Qatar (14)
• Table showing the estimated future oil income with comments (16)
• Request for HMG's approval of the appointment of P R A Ensor as General Manager of QPC in the Gulf and Chief Representative in Qatar (17)
• Plans for Mr Reilly to visit Qatar to discuss future financial policy; the suggestion to inform the Qatar Government of the likely future trend in oil production immediately; and the employment of Mr Heseldin as a consultant and advisor to the Government (18-19)