Oil concessions and boundaries in Muscat and Oman

This file relates to oil concessions and boundaries in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Agreement between the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) and Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur of 24 June 1937 (1)
• Oil concession granted by Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur to US archaeologist Wendell Phillips, between the Dhofar and Oman concessions in the administrative zone (2)
• Activities of Cities Service Oil Company, the US independent oil company, in Dhofar (3)
• Cities Service oil concession agreement with the Sultan (4)
• Misunderstanding concerning the concession granted by the Sultan to Phillips which includes territory belonging to Cities Services or the IPC; Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur's issues with the Representative of IPC Sir W Lindsay (5, 7-14, 17, 20-24, 26-28, 31-35)
• Discussion with Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur regarding the performance of guns on loan from HMG and the employment of Adenese personnel by Cities Service (6)
• Text of the concession agreements; the 1953-55 discussion on the Dhofar frontier and concession area (15)
• Replacement of Lindsay (16, 18-19)
• Boundaries of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited concession and the Turkish Petroleum Company in Persia [Iran] (25)
• Disappointing discovery of oil made by Cities Service at Marmul (29)