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Coll 6/79 'Oil: Oil concessions in South East Arabia (Rub'al Khali).' [‎24r] (47/80)

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The record is made up of 1 file (38 folios). It was created in 20 Oct 1936-19 Mar 1937. 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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3 .
At first sight, however, there seems no reason to
ioubt the general accuracy of the Company's information
about the area, since all the evidence hitherto available
has pointed to the fact that the concession of the Standard
Oil Company of California covered a very wide area in the
eastern and south eastern parts of King Ibn Baud's dominions.
The fact that the Company have actually been prospecting in
the Jabnn oasis suggests that they are unlikely to set any
arbitrary southern limit to their operations, and it may
be presumed that they propose to operate right up to the
eastern and south-eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia so soon
as those frontiers are definitely fixed, i.e. right up to
whatever line is eventually decided upon as separating King
Ibn Baud's territories from those of Qatar, Abu Dhabi,
Muscat and the Aden Protectorate.
4. In these circumstances it seems clear that
Petroleum Concessions Limited have been forestalled by
the Standard Oil Company of California as regards an
oil concession in any territory in the Rub'al Khali
under King Ibn Baud's sovereignty and that their only
hope of obtaining an oil concession anywhere n^ar this
area, lies in obtaining concessfons covering all the
unrounding territories, i.e. ti ose of Qatar (where they
already hold a concession) Abu Dhabi, Muscat and the Aden
Protectorate. The value of these concessions will
presumably now depend much more than was at first
anticipated upon the distance inland at which the
frontiers/

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This file relates to oil concessions in south-eastern Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence discusses British concerns regarding the possibility of oil being discovered in the Ruba' al Khali [Rubʻ al Khālī], and the bearing that such a discovery might have on the question of the eastern and south-eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia. Also discussed are the prospect of Petroleum Concessions Limited securing an oil concession for territory in the Ruba' al Khali, and the extent of the territory covered in the concession secured by the Standard Oil Company of California in 1933.

The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard); Major Stephen Hemsley Longrigg of Petroleum Concessions Limited; officials of the Foreign Office, the 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. and the Admiralty.

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.

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1 file (38 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 40; 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.

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