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FO 371/187677

Qatar Oil, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to Qatar Petroleum Company's progress report, which includes a sketch map.
FO 371/183411

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT): Bahrain and Qatar, 1965

This file contains correspondence relating to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) with Bahrain and Qatar.
FO 371/174656

Qatar law no 20 of 1963: foreign investment in Qatar, 1964

This file contains correspondence relating to Qatar Law No. 20 of 1963 regarding Foreign Investment in Qatar and includes copies of the Law.
FO 371/174513

Regulations on marriage in the Gulf, 1964

This file contains correspondence relating to regulations on mixed marriages in the Gulf.
FO 371/174502

Commercial relations between UK and Gulf sheikhdoms, 1964

This file contains correspondence relating to the COMET Trade Mission's visit to Muscat and the Gulf Sheikhdoms.
FO 371/149123

Legislation in Gulf States, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to legislation in Gulf States, including who will have jurisdiction over Somalis once the country becomes an independent republic, judicial appointments in Qatar and the Trucial States, and issues with Court Reports in the Gulf.
FO 371/148982

UK draft amendment to Indian law of contract as applied to Gulf States, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to the UK draft amendment to Indian Law of Contract as applied to the Gulf States, including copies of the amended law.
FO 371/140197

Locusts in the Gulf, 1959

This file contains correspondence relating to locusts in the Gulf and measures taken to cull the swarms. It includes the request by the Pakistani locust control team to have a small station established in Kuwait to handle these swarms in the Gulf.
FO 371/140141

Chamber of Commerce in Qatar, 1959

This file contains correspondence relating to the Chamber of Commerce in Qatar, including a copy of its Constitution.
FCO 164/1

Trucial States: treaties with the UK prior to 1906, 1 January 1906 - 31 December 1906

This file contains a collection of Arabic and English copies of the treaties and engagements in force prior to 1906 between the British Government and the Trucial Chiefs of the Arab Coast.
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.