Oil

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Information about the Perkins Oil Company, as well as other companies seeking a concession in the Trucial States (81, 87, 92)
• Question of Abu Dhabi's boundaries with Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and the effect of these on the operations of the Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company Limited (ADPC) (82, 91)
• Correspondence and documentation relating to the awarding of oil concessions to John W Mecom in Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah (83-85, 88, 90, 95, 98)
• Defining of the seabed boundaries of the Trucial States (86)
• Request for confirmation that the political agreement between HMG and ADPC in respect of Dubai will terminate on the same day as the company's agreement with the Ruler of Dubai (89)
• Plans of the Government oil checker on Das Island Ahmad Bin Khalifa to travel to Beirut, Japan and the US (93)
• Correspondence and documentation relating to the awarding of an oil concession to Kuamco Oil Company in Ras Al Khaimah (94)
• Copies of the Ras Al Khaimah Income Tax Decree, 1962 (96)
• Agreement between John W Mecom and the Pure Oil Company to form a joint venture in oil and gas exploration in the Middle East (97)
• Information about the Kuamco Oil Company. It includes a press cutting from the Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt containing an announcement of the establishment of the company (99)
• Message from the Lord Privy Seal to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan on the occasion of the inauguration ceremony for the production installation of Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Limited (ADMA) on Das Island, along with a reply from Sheikh Shakhbut (100)