Oil industry in Qatar. Code BA file 1538 (papers 1 to 14)

This file relates to the oil industry in Qatar. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Iraq Petroleum Company's (IPC) decision to replace Paul Ensor with George Todd as General Manager and Chief Representative of the Qatar Petroleum Company (QPC) and other potential staff changes (1, 9, 14)
• E F Given's visit to Umm Saeed and his views on the egalitarian social structure (2)
• Replacement of E G Frost by Michael Wanless Godfrey as Shell's chief local representative in Qatar in October 1959 (3)
• Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani's request that a director of Qatar Petroleum Company (QPC) visit Doha to discuss discounts and allowances, increased production and the Qatar Government's participation in the management of the company. It contains correspondence on these subjects between Sheikh Ahmad and the Managing Director of IPC G H Herridge (4, 7, 12)
• Ruler of Qatar's request that IPC advance him £300,000, the issue of drafts from Eastern Bank and estimates of the Ruling Family's oil revenues up to 1962 (6, 10)
• QPC's crude oil production figures for the first six months of 1959 (8)
• Impending expiration of Mr Heseltine's tenure as oil consultant to the Qatar Government, the importance of this role and the possibility of an American replacement (11)
• Conversation with Ensor regarding three ways by which QPC are trying to increase oil capacity (13)