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Coll 6/60 'Saudi Arabia: Oil Concessions in Asir and the Farsan Islands.' [10r] (19/42)
The record is made up of 1 file (19 folios). It was created in 30 May 1933-6 Dec 1934. 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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Minute Paper.
Department.
(3) The Farsan Islands and Asir Interert in these
Islands and/or the mainland of ’“sir, from the point of view
of petroleum potentialities, seems to date from before the
Great iar. Operations were actually started on one of the
islands by the Red Sea Petroleum Company, a subsidiary of the
Shell Group in 1926 or early in 1927, but drilling operations
were subsequently abandoned as unsuccessful.
(7) Farsan Islands« now also a part of Saudi Arabia .
K.G.S* would appear to have obtained some sort of a concession
for the Farsans (and possibly the mainland of Asir) from
Hasan al-Idrisi in 1926. It is not clear what became of
this concession, if the grant was coraplete, but it was
superseded by a concession for the Farsans given by the
Idrisi on September 25th, 1926, to a Mr. Cooper, who marketed
it to the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company (Foyal Dutch Ghell
Group). The latter formed the Red Gea Petroleum Company to
work it. This company started operations of some importance
at Zifaf Island. The Idrisi, acting it was thought at the
time, under Italian influence, but more probably under that
of Ibn Saud, made difficulties in the summer of 1927. After
abortive efforts by the Company to overcome them, Ibn Saud
came forward ostensibly in the role of honest
broker
Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation.
between
the Idrisi* now his vassal, and the Company. A conference
held atWizan in December, 1927, under his auspices between
representatives of the Company and the Idriei was again
abortive. Ibn Saud eventually intimated ”a decision in
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This file concerns prospective Saudi oil concessions for Asir and the Farsan Islands.
In a telegram to the Foreign Office, dated 4 June 1933, His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan) reports that the recent Hasa concession, which was granted by the Saudi Government to the California Arabian Standard Oil Company, has stimulated interest in the possibility of further oil concessions for other parts of Saudi Arabia, notably Asir and the Farsan Islands. Ryan's telegram also reports that King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], who has been approached by Italian oil companies, wishes to know whether any British oil companies would be interested.
The remaining correspondence reports on communications between the British Government's Petroleum Department and various British oil companies (including the Iraq Petroleum Company, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the Shell Group, and the Eastern and General Syndicate) regarding those companies' interest (or lack thereof) in pursuing a concession for either location.
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 (19 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 21; 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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- Coll 6/60 'Saudi Arabia: Oil Concessions in Asir and the Farsan Islands.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:20v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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