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FCO 8/2856

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): oil prices, 1977 Jan 01 - 1977 Dec 31

This file concerns oil prices and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). It contains correspondence and memoranda relating to: The British Secretary of State for Energy Tony Benn’s proposed visit to Saudi Arabia A letter from Benn to the Saudi Minister of Petroleum Ahmad Zaki Yamani.
FCO 8/2855

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): oil prices, 1977 Jan 01 - 1977 Dec 31

This file concerns oil prices and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
FCO 8/3481

Oil affairs in the Persian Gulf, 1980 Jan 01 - 1980 Dec 31

This file relates to oil affairs in the Gulf.
FCO 8/3454

Visits by Douglas Hurd, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to Qatar, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates, January 1980, and to Saudi Arabia, Yemen Arab Republic and Kuwait, March 1980, 1980 Jan 01 - 1980 Dec 31

This file concerns a visit to the Gulf by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Douglas Hurd.
FCO 8/2295

Commercial and economic relations between Qatar and UK, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file relates to commercial and economic relations between the UK and Qatar.
FCO 8/2003

Oil affairs in Kuwait, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

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.
FCO 8/1971

Use of oil as political weapon by Persian Gulf states, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file is part B of a sequence that contains correspondence and press reports relating to the reduction of oil production by the Arab States and embargoes on the US and the Netherlands in response to support for Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
FO 1016/510

Kuwait sea-bed oil concession, 1956

This file relates to the oil rights of Kuwait's seabed.
FO 1016/479

Repercussions of Israeli attack on Egypt. Includes 10 photographs depicting: Damage to pipeline and oil fire at Umm Bab, Persian Gulf. Dated [1956]., 1956

The file relates to the repercussions of the Israeli attack on Egypt.