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Coll 17/21 ‘Iraq. Oil in – ’ [‎16r] (31/178)

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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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to Haditha on the Euphrates where it divides, one "branch
running "by the Northern route through French Syria to
Tripoli; the southern "branch runs through Iraq and
Palestine territory via Ruthah 3 terminating at haifa* These
pipelines are due, under the concession, for compleoion
in 1935, hut such good progress has been made that it is
thought they will he completed v/ell in advance ox the
stipulated date.
0h ligations of the British Oi l Devel oP 1 ?*-h_ Q
under thei r concession.
3 . The British Oil Development Company has undertaken
ohligations which may he shortly summarised as follows:-
(a) To commence a detailed geological survey in three
different districts within eight months of tne date
of the Concession. This is now being carried out.
(h) To start drilling within 18 months (i.e. by
November 29th, 1933) with a minimum of 3 drilling
rigs and to increase the number to 9 rigs within
one year of oil being struck.
(c) To make arrangements for the transport of one
million tons of oil per annum to the Mediterranean
and within Vi years (i.e. by November, 1939) to
commence the regular transport of oil. Not less
than one million tons to be exported in any one
year (provided that it can be made a'vailaole with
reasonable diligence on the part of the Company
and is of '’merchantable quality”) • The Company
has the right under Article (6) to fix the alignment
of the pipeline.
(d) To pay annual dead rents on the following scale
until the commencement of regular exports:
On the 1st January, 1933 £100,000 (gold)
,t it t* » 1934 £125,000 "
u tt u " 1935 £150,000 "

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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.

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1 file (89 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate reverse 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 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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