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Coll 17/21 ‘Iraq. Oil in – ’ [9r] (17/178)
The record is made up of 1 file (89 folios). It was created in 12 Jan 1932-18 Sep 1935. 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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SIR ALFRED FAULKITER pointed out that there was no
likelihood whatever of Mosul Oil Fields Ltd. constructing
an independent pipeline to Haifa. If Haifa were to he
the Mediterranean terminal, the Company would obviously make
some arrangement to benefit by the existing pipeline
system - pumping stations, roads, etc. - of the I.P.G.
THE CHAIRMAN suggested that something might be done
by drawing the attention of the British Chairman of Mosul
Oil Fields -G-td. to the economy which would be effected by
taking advantage of the existing I.P.C. pipeline facilities.
This would furnish a sound economic argument which could be
reinforced by the s ecurity argument which had already been
alluded to.
SIR EDGAR LUDLOW-HEWITT thought that the proximity
of a pipeline to the Turkish frontier would be a strategic
attraction to Turkey. He suggested that we should point
out to the French the advantage of utilising the existing
I.P.C. pipeline from Haditha to Tripoli for the transport
of Mosul Oil Fields Ltd 03 oil 9 as they would thus have only
one pipeline to protect,, He quite understood the reluctance
of the I*p.C a to co-operate with Mosul Oil Fields Ltd 0 9 until
oil was definitely found in the latter's area 9 west of t he Tigris.
SIR FRANCIS HUMPHRYS said that until drilling was
completed it was impossible to say v/hether oil was likely
to be found in oommercial quantities west of the Tigris.
The matter was very speculative and he had, at present,
no grounds for optimism.
SIR ALFRED FAULKNER said it was obviously impossible
for His Majesty's Government to protect a pipeline via
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The file contains papers relating to the oil concessions and operations of the Iraq Petroleum Company and the British Oil Development Company in Iraq.
It includes:
- Papers concerning payments due to the Government of Iraq from these companies.
- Papers of the Committee of Imperial Defence Standing Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, dated 1933, concerning the British Oil Development Company’s proposed pipeline from its concession near Mosul to the Mediterranean.
- Papers regarding the official opening of the Iraq Petroleum Company’s pipeline connecting the oil-field at Kirkuk with the Mediterranean port of Haifa, on 14 January 1935.
The papers include 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. minute papers, correspondence, and three newspaper cuttings from The Times . The correspondence is largely between Sir Francis Henry Humphrys, HM Ambassador to Iraq (HM Representative, Baghdad), and Sir John Simon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Other correspondents include: 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. ; the High Commissioner of Iraq; the Colonial Office; Sir John Cadman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Iraq Petroleum Company; and the [British Government] Petroleum Department (Mines Department).
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (89 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 89; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2882
- Title
- Coll 17/21 ‘Iraq. Oil in – ’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:30v, 32r:37v, 44r:54v, 56r:64v, 66r:76v, 80r:82v, 84r:88v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence