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FCO 96/1651

Qatar: gas, 1 January 1982 - 31 December 1982

This file contains correspondence relating to the arbitration and settlement of the dispute between the Shell and the Government of Qatar over Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) pipeline explosion, North Field Gas project, and BP's negotiations for securing services agreement with the Government of Qatar to provide services for on-shore operations of the Qatar General Petroleum Corporation. The file includes statistics on crude oil exports for the period 1970-1979 and a country assessment paper on Qatar.
FCO 96/1310

Qatar: gas, 1 January 1981 - 31 December 1981

This file contains correspondence relating to the development of the North Field Gas project, the Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) plant, the emergence of possible commercial opportunities in Qatar, a visit to the United Kingdom (UK) by the British Ambassador to Doha to study the commercial opportunities for British firms in Qatar and test the interest of British Petroleum, Shell and other companies in the development of the North Field Gas and LNG projects. The file includes a summary of Shell’s dispute with the Government of Qatar due to the explosion of a Natural Gas Liquids pipeline.
FCO 96/1309

Qatar: gas, 1 January 1981 - 31 December 1981

This file contains correspondence relating to Shell’s apparent culpability in the construction of the new pipeline carrying associated natural gas liquids from the off-shore Qatari oil fields to the industrial area at Umm Said. It includes Qatar annual review for 1980, meetings on financing of the North Dome project, and regarding British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s visit to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.
FCO 96/147

Economic co-operation with Qatar, 1 January 1974 - 31 December 1974

This file contains correspondence relating to oil supplies of Qatar, negotiations on Qatar Petroleum Company’s buy-back oil price, economic and industrial development of Qatar in coperation with United Kingdom, Shell’s industrial prospects in Qatar, bilateral trade relations between France and Qatar, and proposed construction of oil refinery in Qatar.
FCO 8/5753

Saudi Arabia: oil and petrochemicals, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file concerns the oil and petrochemicals industries in Saudi Arabia. It contains correspondence on: A paper from the National Economic Development Office (NEDO) on the petrochemical sector The meetings of British Embassy officials with various Saudi ministers, including the Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Yamani, regarding oil production rates The decision not to list petrochemicals under the European Commission's (EC) Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP), which results in tariffs being imposed on petrochemicals.
FCO 8/5415

Oil in the Gulf, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file relates to UK oil policy in terms of both the North Sea and oil in the Gulf, discussed primarily between the Department of Energy and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
FCO 8/2637

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): oil pricing, 1976 Jan 01 - 1976 Dec 31

This file concerns the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil prices, 1976.
FCO 8/2208

Oil affairs in Kuwait, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file concerns oil affairs in Kuwait during 1974.
FCO 8/2206

Oil affairs in Kuwait, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file concerns oil affairs in Kuwait during 1974.
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 8/742

Oil production, 1968

This file is about the production of oil to be used as fuel and for the generation of power in Qatar.
FO 371/126970

Concessions on oil found on sea bed, Kuwait, 1957

This file concerns Kuwaiti offshore oil concessions.