This file contains miscellaneous papers, reports, correspondence, and treaties relating to Arabia, the Gulf and the wider Middle East, primarily from 1933-1955.
This file concerns Kuwait’s entry into an oil participation agreement between Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi with British Petroleum and Gulf Oil Corporation.
This file contains correspondence on: A request for copies of the Aminoil Islands Concession and its political agreement, and copies of the Kuwait Oil concessions and agreements other than the 1934 ones (1) An invitation from the Institute of Petroleum for Mr Reilly to give a talk on national and international aspects of oil finance (2) Plans for talks between the British Embassy in Washington, DC and the US State Department, regarding Middle East oil and particularly Kuwait (3) An enquiry into vacancies in the pipeline industry in the Arabian Peninsula (4) HMG's attitude to the
This file contains correspondence relating to: Arrangements for payment of the royalties for the exports of oil by American Independent Oil Company (AMINOIL) from the Kuwait-Saudi Neutral Zone, and the question of whether oil from the Neutral Zone should be marketed for dollars or for sterling (1, 3-4) HMG's agreement to the proposed Aminoil operations on the islands of Qaru [Qaruh] and Umm Al Maradim, as they have rejected the claim made a year ago by the Saudi Arabian Government to these islands (2) Account of the Saudi reaction to the proposed agreement between Aminoil and Pacific
This file contains correspondence relating to: Kuwaiti Oil Affairs Department's monthly statements of oil production, refining and export for August-November 1963 (41) Decision of the Government of Kuwait to carry out a full survey of its oil reserves (42) Conversation between R S Crawford and Managing Director of the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) D E C Steel on KOC negotiations with the Government of Kuwait (43) Request for information about a projected oil deal between India and Kuwait; the Indian Government's proposal to conclude a long-term contract with the Kuwait National Petroleu
This file concerns Kuwaiti offshore oil concessions.
This file contains correspondence relating to: Oil production and negotiations in the Gulf (1) Request for copies of the Ajman, Abu Dhabi and Dubai oil agreements (2) Supply of oil to the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani (3) Draft paper on the oil concessions and operations in Arabia and the Gulf (4) Discussions on the progress made in the technical training methods supplied by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) and the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) (5) Confirmation that Aminoil has pulled out of its fifth well (6) Commencement of drilling by Petroleu
This file contains correspondence relating to: Discussions on the problem of how best to deal with the political aspect of any new concession agreement in Abu Dhabi (2) Oil concession agreements with Trucial States’ Rulers and clauses HMG would normally wish to see included (4) Question of oil concessions discussed with the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with specific reference to the four companies: Marathon, Aminoil, ERAP (French) and Wintershall (German) (5)
This file relates to the concessions for Kuwait seabed and islands.
