Oil industry in Muscat and Oman. Code BA file 1535

This file concerns the oil industry in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence on:

• Discovery by Cities Services of good quality oil in Dhofar (1)
• Exploratory drilling programme of Petroleum Development (Oman) Limited (PDO) in Oman (2-4)
• Question of the disputed oil concession territory between Dhofar and Oman (2)
• The Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's search for a concessionaire for an offshore area in the Hormuz region (3)
• Parliamentary question regarding oil drilling operations in Oman (5)
• Difficulties of access for PDO to their drilling sites as a result of the bad state of the roads (6)
• Possibility that the oil companies concerned will withdraw from operations in Oman (11)
• The Sultan's interest in establishing bunkering facilities at Muscat (8)
• List of personnel by nationality employed by PDO and the question of safeguarding this personnel in the event of an emergency (7)