Oil

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

• Inactivity of Dubai Marine Areas Limited, the wisdom of the company relinquishing the Dubai concession, and British concerns about damaging relations with the Ruler Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1, 13-14)
• Sharjah oil concession, including the Ruler Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi's meeting with his lawyer; a potential agreement with Richard Brandt, head of SAAC; and interest from Italian company Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (ENI) (2-3, 5, 7, 17)
• Problem finding a successor company to Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited (PDTC) in Ras Al Khaimah (4)
• Iraq Petroleum Company's efforts to persuade the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan to accept a 50-50 agreement, and the company's requirement for an income tax law (6, 11)
• Need for a map to illustrate the limits on land and sea of the PDTC concession area for Ras Al Khaimah (9)
• Oil operations in Abu Dhabi, and R S Crawford's meeting with IPC, which expressed an interest in the result of Herbert de Ribbing's mission because of IPC's exploration near the Saudi Arabian frontier where the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) is also exploring. It also contains a 1958 map illustrating territorial claims by Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia (10)
• West German interest in oil in Ras Al Khaimah (12)
• Possibility of an unconfirmed Italian company taking up the Ras Al Khaimah concession. It contains some background on Anonima Petroli Italiana (15)
• BP newsletter, dated 2 March 1961, including a section on 'Good Progress at Das Island' (16)
• Political Agent in Dubai D F Hawley's meeting with the Chief Local Representative of PDTC. The following subjects were discussed: geological maps of Sharjah; the Sharjah seabed; drilling contractors; landing fees; a new company structure; and local purchases (18)
• Hawley's conversation with Dr Hasan Kamel, the legal adviser to the Ruler of Qatar (19)
• PDTC's intention to conduct a seismic survey of an area of the Abu Dhabi-Dubai frontier and its frustration that this is being thwarted by delays in delimiting the frontier (20)