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FCO 164/2

Trucial States: register of companies, 1 April 1909 - 30 September 1965

This file contains the register of companies and company representatives in the Trucial Sates. It includes certificates of incorporation for the registered companies, agreements and contracts concluded between companies, a site plan of the oil depot at Dubai, and a Memorandum of Association of the Dubai State Telephone Company Limited.
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 67/269

Soviet Union and Gulf pipeline, 1 January 1969 - 31 December 1969

This file contains correspondence relating to the political implications of Russia’s economic and strategic interest for Gulf oil, records of the meeting with the representatives of International Iranian Management and Engineering Group (IMEG) , and IMEG project for shipping crude oil from Iran and the Gulf to the Soviet Union by means of a pipeline scheme running through Iran from Abadan.

FCO 8/4310

British Petroleum (BP) in the Gulf States, 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

This file concerns the activities of British Petroleum (BP) in the Gulf.
FCO 8/2859

Oil: general, 1977 Jan 01 - 1977 Dec 31

This file concerns oil in the Middle East.
FCO 8/2857

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 8/2856

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 8/3519

Oil production in the United Arab Emirates, including possible pipelines, 1980 Jan 01 - 1980 Dec 31

This file relates to the oil affairs of the UAE.