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FO 1016/844

Sharjah oil concession, 1965 Jan 01 - 1965 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: Conversation between Ellis Head of Mecom Oil Company and the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Mecom's new locations in Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain Conversation between H G Balfour-Paul and Sheikh Rashid about the new Mecom location and whether it falls on the Sharjah or Dubai side of the border marked by J F Walker Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection map of tribal settlements in Al Gharif Letter from Balfour-Paul to Sheikh Rashid informing him of his authorisation of Mecom to proceed with their operat
FO 1016/842

Shell Oil Company activities in Trucial States, 1964 Jan 01 - 1965 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: Permission for the Shell Company of Qatar Limited to commence operations in the concession areas of Continental Oil Company and Mecom Oil Company in Qatar, Dubai and Sharjah Letter from H G Balfour-Paul to the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi about proposed research by Koniklijke-Shell Exploration and Production Laboratory into desert sedimentation; and responses by Sheikh Saqr and Sheikh Rashid dated 8 and 9 February 1965 respectively Request for the texts of fou
FO 371/163066

Oil, 1962

This file relates to oil concessions in the Trucial States.
FO 371/163063

Oil, 1962

This file contains: Updates regarding the progress of oil production on Das Island.
FO 371/168946

Oil, 1963

This file relates to oil development in the Trucial States.
FO 371/168941

Oil, 1963

This file relates to oil in the Trucial States.
FO 371/187678

Trucial States, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: The prospects of an oil strike by Meco, east of Sharjah town (Dubai) (1) Oil prospects in Dubai. It includes Continental Oil's activities (2) BP's opposition to the wishes of Continental Oil and the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum for the rapid development of the Fateh offshore oilfield (3).