Coll 1/70 'Aden. Oil concessions in the Aden Protectorate'

Content

The file contains correspondence regarding a request by Petroleum Concessions Limited to be allowed to survey areas of the Aden Protectorate for oil exploration purposes.

The file includes a formal request received from the company, plus details of a meeting held between a company representative and the Aden Chief Commissioner, Bernard Reilly. This includes details of the areas of the Protectorate to be visited; the anticipated means of travel; a request for assistance from the Royal Air Force; the type and duration of exploration license to be granted; and a request that the exploration party be granted the status of formal Government survey party.

The file also contains correspondence between the Aden Chief Commissioner, the Air Council, and the Foreign Office, regarding the potential difficulties of according the expedition the status of a formal Government survey party (they wished to avoid setting a precedent). The Foreign Office suggest that the Government of Aden appoint their own surveyor to conduct a survey on behalf of Petroleum Concessions Limited, and that the company's exploration team could then informally accompany the Government surveyor.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).

Extent and format

1 file (25 folios)

Arrangement

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

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 27; 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/12/1507

Former external reference(s)

Coll 1/70

History of this record

Date(s)

10 Nov 1936-6 Mar 1937 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Geographical explorationConcessions, Oil, Aden

People & organisations

Foreign OfficePetroleum Concessions LimitedChief Commissioner, AdenAir Council

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Coll 1/70 'Aden. Oil concessions in the Aden Protectorate', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/1507, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00002a> [accessed 20 April 2024]

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