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Coll 6/60 'Saudi Arabia: Oil Concessions in Asir and the Farsan Islands.' [11r] (21/42)
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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1712n
5000 3/33
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Minute Paper.
Department.
A
the question of the dispute which we were asked to settle
between the Fed > c :ea Petroleum Company and the Idrisi Government
to the effect that a new concession should be drawn up and
that in the meantime it would be undesirable to accede to a
request which the Company had put forward for permiesion to
transfer their operations from Zifaf to Great Par-san. He
& ^88 e 'Stec that the Company should send a reDresentative to
dedoa^to negotiate the revised concession. On his persisting
in this attitude the Company decided to withdraw from the
Islands and in September, 1928, th^y r^oved all material under
the auspices of "Dahlia**. It must be assumed that
this terminated any rigirre under the Cooper concession. The
Shell Company has recently stated that it is not interested
to reopen operations in the Farsan Islands.
(2^ A sir. Ibn Baud in June, 1925, intimated that he would
be prepared to consider offers for a concession xrom ritish
Companies. The matter was referred by the Petroleum
Department to the I.P.C. within whose sphere of influence
heir fell and who were the only company with any British
interests who were likely to be prepared, to consider the
matter. The I.P.C. have intimated t at they are prepared
to send out geologists to mace an examination if they can
secure the necessary rights withpayment during the exploratory
period.
(6) Farsan Islands. There has been no activity since 1928
and both the Shell and the Anglo-Persian have recently informed
the etroleum Department that they are not interested any
longer in obtaining a concession over these islands.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/2127
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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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