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File 10/5 II Hasa oil: CASOC's activities in Hasa; development of Ras Tannura; Political Agent's visit to Hasa [‎151r] (306/656)

The record is made up of 1 volume (326 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1935-26 Mar 1941. 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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4800 odd feet. The Company are prepared to drill to 10j000
feet in this area, and hope to find oil at any depth between
S000 and 10|000 feet# Materials for work here are landed from
barges in Manifa Bay where the Company have a crane in charge
of a local watchman and crew. There is en excellent water
supply at Ahix Hadriya and a very business-like air-cooled
caup on a miniature scalej which of course will expand rapidly
if oil is found in the teat well.
5. vv e then went on to Jebel ICanifa., from which we obtained
a view of the surrounding country and could see Manifa Bay
itself. There is deep water right up to the shore s but the
difficulty here is that there are shoals further out to sea
through which no deep water channel has yet been discovered.
As it was now late in the afternoon we could only spend a short
time at Jebel Manifa before driving on to No. 1 Seismograph Camp,
which is at a point roughly 22 miles due west of Jebel Abu
Hasain. (Incidentally I am quoting names which are shown on
Hunter's Map of Arabia. I have a map of Hasa which was given
to me by Thornburg, but it does not contain the details obtained
during the present season's work. I hope in due course to get
a revised map which may be ready in August.) We arrived at
this Camp after dark, having covered some 240 miles during the
day. There is a party of 16 men here engaged on seismograph
work, and the Camp itself and the commissariat are alike
admirable.
6. On the following morning, Wednesday, we started off by
driving down to the Coast to obtain a view of the coast line
between inas al Misha'ab and Ras al Safaniyah. This Is a parti
cularly pleasant bay, but of no great interest. We then re
turned and watched the seismograph party for some time (I will
not worry you with an account of their technique), and afterwards
proceeded /-

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The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire on the oil concession in Saudi Arabia, the activities of California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) in Hasa, Saudi Arabia, and the development of the port and the refinery at Ras Tannura (also mentioned as Ras Tanurah). There are also documents on the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. 's visit to Hasa, in May 1939, including his report (folios 149-157). Also of interest: 'Copy of text of "Oil" Agreement between the "Standard Oil of California" and H.M. King Abdul-Aziz Al Saud' (folios 21-30).

There are notes at the end of the volume (folios 305-322).

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1 volume (326 folios)
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The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume (folios 305-322). The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

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The foliation is in pencil in the top right corner. The numbering begins with the first (5th folio from the front) and ends with last page of writing (4th folio from the back). Between 103-112 and 173-179, folios are paginated on both sides.

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