Oil: Ras el Kaimah

The file concerns oil in Ras Al Khaimah. It includes correspondence relating to:

• Option agreement for the Southern Natural Gas Company of Delaware (SNGC) to purchase land and off-shore concessions in Ras Al Khaimah and the SNGC Annual Report 1962 (1)
• Mr Frank Tye of Mecom Oil's claim to an option to purchase an oil concession in Ras Al Khaimah (3, 5)
• Safe operating limits of the Ras Al Khaimah oil concession offshore area (6)
• Operating limits for the Ras Al Khaimah oil concession and Iranian claims to the Tunb Islands (7, 15-17)
• Dissemination of information about SNGC representative Mr David Skory to the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi before the negotiations begin concerning the oil concessions (8)
• Agreement between the SNGC and the Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) to jointly acquire the Ras Al Khaimah oil concession (9)
• Mecom's continued interest in the Ras Al Khaimah oil concession (12)
• Suggestions concerning the operating limits of the land section of the concession area (13)
• Summary of the results of the meeting on February 27th in the Foreign Office concerning the Ras Al Khaimah oil concessions (14)
• Record of negotiations between SNGC, Unocal and Sheikh Saqr concerning the Ras Al Khaimah oil concession (18-19, 21)