Oil

This file contains correspondence relating to oil on the Trucial Coast. It includes:

• Discussion relating to the need for new political agreements between HMG and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited (PDTC); and a letter requesting new agreements with PDTC and Dubai Marine Areas Limited (51,54)
• Comments relating to Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's request to Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Limited (ADMA) for an advance of £75,000 against next year's revenue for development projects (52)
• Report on I S Winchester's visit to PDTC at Tarif, UAE (53)
• Comments relating to a dispute over the contract between Sheikh Shakhbut and Contracting and Trading Company (CAT) and a report of recent events from manager of the Darwish organisation in Qatar Victor Hashem (55)
• Objections to PDTC entering into a fresh political agreement regarding the Company's concession in Dubai (56)
• Japanese interest in acquiring offshore rights to oil in Ras Al Khaimah (57)
• Invitation to Sheikh Shakhbut to be a guest of Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) in the UK on his way back from the US (58)
• Discussions relating to negotiations for political agreements with Rulers in the Trucial States concerning minerals (59)
• Discussions relating to Sharjah oil concessions with Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi (60)
• Discussions relating to the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi commissioning Abdulla Galadari to look for interested oil companies - Texaco, Santa Fe Drilling Company, Signal Oil & Gas Company, Zapata Offshore Company, Richfield Oil Company (61)
• Negotiations regarding an oil advisor for Sheikh Shakhbut. Two proposed candidates, with the former considered more suitable are Nadeem Pachachi, who is currently working for the Libyan Government and Sabir Habachi, an Egyptian lawyer (62)
• Discussion concerning the location of an IPC oil terminal on the Abu Dhabi Coast, either at Jebel Dhanna or near Abu Dhabi town (63)
• Press cutting from The Times, dated 28 December 1961, relating to the remote control of oil wells using a microwave system at Umm Shaif (64)