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'Historical Summary of Events in the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953' [‎22v] (49/222)

The record is made up of 1 volume (107 folios). It was created in c 1953. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .

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32
i fprms of the 1925 agreement
grant a prospecting licence to the company U1 J ^ ^ struck on June 1, 1932.
for a period of two years from December 2, 1930. On was ^ ^ up to
The prospecting licence was subsequen y lanuarv 2 1935. The second
December 2, 1933,(" 2 ) and then for 13 "months up to January ^ promised to
extension was only obtained alter certain py , j s [ anc j f or a tank farm and a
the Ruler. In 1934 land was ta^en over shipment of oil was made
submarine pipe was laid to a deep -sea mooring. construc tion of the Company's
on June 17. In the same year work began on the consiru
camp at Awali and a topping plant was installed to. p
61. A Mining Lease C") as provided 1 s '' 5 ^'Deccmbe^29, 1934, and
signed by the Ruler and the company s lease attached
became effective from January I 1935 It was based on men and S alterations It
to the concession agreement but contained n ^ , v f ttle agreement which
»' he —
62. In 1935 the company decided to b "i ld Mminf lLeasI; 0 which
desired to obtain a modification of Article III of ^ e l ? 3 ^ ® only jije
nrnvidpH for exemption from taxes and customs duties tor ten years oniy. hi
Ruler when approached approved of the proposal to a refi nery and agree
nil from outside Bahrain should be refined m it proviaea me quanuiy ui
produced in Bahrain did not diminish, and that the period forexemption from
taxes and customs duties should be coterminous with the period ot the lease
provided that certain minor taxes such as m0t< ^ ehic5e
naid ( 114 ) In June 1936 a Deed of Modification{ ) was signed by the Ruler t
company's representatives which introduced an amended Article 111 and a few
other minor alterations in the 1934 Mining Lease. Work on the refinery was started
in 1935 and it was opened at the end of 1937. Oil was brought to it from Saudi
Arabia first by small tankers to a jetty at Zallaq and subsequently by submarine
nine-lines. In 1953 about five-sixths of the oil refined in it was the produce of
Saudi Arabia. During the last war a plant was erected for the production of
aviation spirit, but its use has been discontinued since the war.
63. In 1936 the Texas Corporation obtained a one-half interest in the Bahrain
Petroleum Company and a company called the California Texas Oil Company
Limited (Caltex) was formed for the marketing of its oiU ) In 1953 the position
was as follows. The Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited was a company
incorporated under the Federal Law of Canada with share capital owned 50 per
cent by the Standard Oil Company of California and 50 per cent, by the Texas
Company Both these companies were " Public " companies incorporated under the
laws of the State of Delaware in the United States of America. The California
Texas Oil Company Limited was incorporated in the Bahamas and was owned by
the same two companies. It had sold its marketing interests and was merely acting
as a service company in New York for the various companies with which it was
associated. Caltex (U.K.) Ltd., a company incorporated in the United Kingdom
and owned by the same two American companies, was concerned with the
processing and marketing of all the oil produced in Bahrain except that sold
locally. The United Overseas Petroleum Company Ltd. a company incorporated
in the United Kingdom, was the service company in London of the Bahrain
Petroleum Company and Caltex (U.K.) Ltd.
64. In 1936 Petroleum Concessions Limited a subsidiary of the Iraq
Petroleum Company were permitted by His Majesty's Government to approach the
Ruler for a concession over the portions of his territory which had not been allotted
to the Bahrain Petroleum Company, and which came to be known at the " additional
The latter Company also decided to negotiate for such a concession. A
area. ,
competition ensued which lasted for some years. The Ruler was for a long time
anxious to divide the area between the two companies, but as a result of a threat
( 112 ) I.O. to F.O. P.Z. 7763/33 of December 2, 1933 (E 7452/167/91 of 1933).
( 113 ) No. 2 I, O.A.C.
( 114 ) I.O. to F.O. P.Z. 7523/1935 of October 30, 1935 (E 6472/18/91 of 1935)
( 115 ) No. 2 (a) I, O.A.C.
C 16 ) I.O. to F.O. P.Z. 5831/26 of August 14, 1936 (E 5145/6/91 of 1936)

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The document provides historical information on the region during the period in question and, following a section on general matters, has separate sections on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and Muscat

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1 volume (107 folios)
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There is a table of contents at the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 109 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The foliation sequence continues into the separate volume of appendices and genealogical tables - IOR/R/15/1/731(2).

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