Oil

This file relates to oil development in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Intention of Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited (PDTC) to begin seismic operations on the Abu Dhabi-Saudi Arabia border inside the Riyadh Line; a question from Mr Lawson of PDTC on whether it is politically safe to operate there (21, 35)
• Question of the smaller Trucial States: Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah and whether they could collectively divide their oil profits between themselves; Conorada Petroleum Corporation’s interest in a unified concession (22, 27, 37)
• Inauguration ceremony of the off-shore wells at Das Island (23)
• Sharjah oil concession, including the interest of a consortium of German firms in it; the agreement [enclosed] between Sharjah and John W Mecom; the visits and respective offers of Mecom Oil and Cities Service Oil Company; and Cities Services and the Sharjah-Ajman concession (24, 32, 36-37, 40)
• HMG’s political agreements with oil companies (26)
• Appointment of an oil consultant to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, with the possibility of Nadeem Al Pachachi taking the post (28, 30)
• Position of Mr Ballantyne as legal advisor to Sheikh Shakhbut and the possibility of him also advising the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi; the visit of Ballantyne to Abu Dhabi; Ballantyne’s discussion with Sheikh Shakhbut about the revision of Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Limited’s (ADMA) contract (29-30, 34, 38, 25)
• List of PDTC’s projects for once the site of the terminal at Abu Dhabi is decided (31)
• PDTC’s drilling in Abu Dhabi and the question of it being more forthcoming with HMG (33)
• Article [enclosed] in Petroleum Intelligence Weekly about the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) and the possibility of it acquiring concessions in Dubai, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah (39)