Oil industry in Trucial States

This file relates to the oil industry in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence on:

• Talks between the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and R E R Bird of the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) on behalf of Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited (PDTC), regarding the discovery of oil in commercial quantities, a draft agreement on a 50-50 profit sharing basis and the appointment of a lawyer (55, 61, 70, 75)
• Poor health of Richard Brandt of SAAC Import Export GmBH, the consequent lack of progress made on the Sharjah oil concession and a provisional agreement [enclosed] between Brandt and the Ruler Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi. It also contains the 1937 political agreement between HMG and Petroleum Concessions Limited relating to the Sharjah oil concession and information that Brandt is backed by Deutsche Erdol-Aktiengesellschaft (56-57, 60, 62, 65, 71-74, 76)
• Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum's dissatisfaction with the inactivity of Dubai Marine Areas Limited and PDTC (58, 69)
• Nadeem Al Pachachi's desire to become oil advisor to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi (63)
• Disquieting information on two directors of SAAC: Jurgen Brandt and Mr Niemann (64)
• Delimitation of the seabed area pertaining to Ras Al Khaimah and the absence of a map showing the undisputed seaward limits of the area relinquished by PDTC (66)
• Oil discoveries by PDTC in the Murban-Tarif area of Abu Dhabi. It includes the coordinates of oil wells (67)
• Idea of appointing a lawyer, possibly Bill Ballantyne, to advise Sheikh Shakhbut in his talks with IPC. Sheikh Shakhbut thinks this unnecessary (68)