Coll 30/216 'Development of oil supplies in the Middle East.'

Content

The file contains papers concerning the British Government's decision in 1943 to sanction an increase in oil production in the Middle East.

The papers include: the agreement of the military authorities, 1943; papers of the War Cabinet Oil Control Board, November 1943 (including approval for the recommencement of drilling at Qatar); Foreign Office 'Survey of the Oil Resources of the Middle East' (with map and graph), 28 February 1945; Foreign Office map of 'Concession Areas in the Middle East', October 1946; papers dated 1946 concerning a memorandum entitled 'Oil and the Middle East' by K Stock of the Ministry of Fuel and Power; and papers concerning a request from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) for trade statistics on the consumption of petroleum products in certain Middle Eastern countries, 1947.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 file (63 folios)

It is grouped into

'CONCESSION AREAS IN THE MIDDLE EAST'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/3959, f 17

'OILFIELDS & CONCESSION AREAS IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES TOGETHER WITH NEIGHBOURING OILFIELDS IN THE U.S.S.R.'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/3959, f 28

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 65, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/3959

Former external reference(s)

Coll 30/216

History of this record

Date(s)

18 Nov 1943-12 Jun 1947 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Oil supply

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Coll 30/216 'Development of oil supplies in the Middle East.', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3959, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000212> [accessed 7 June 2026]

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