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Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.' [‎52r] (105/675)

The record is made up of 1 file (336 folios). It was created in 18 Jan 1945-22 Mar 1948. 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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All evidence of oil or gas within the|
Collection of sufficient root samplde -W-affor-d
laboratory detenainations of ages and lithologic
characteristics* It is realised that the number
of rock saiiiples will have so be kept to a bare
minimum due to difficulty of transport*
It is thought ohao the area &o be covered oilers the *ey to the
general oil possibilities of south— central Arabia* It is for
that reason that this expedition is oein^, sent, in order to amplify
knowledge previously gained there in the field* It is hoped,
tnereiore, that the new knowledge will be adequate to conclusively
evaluate the oil possibilities of this sector of the basinal area
flanking the baseinent core of central Arabia*
GENERAL ARRANGl-klKNTS FOF SITPVET
ttr* Altounyan has completed a trip over the area to be covered*
Based on the knowledge gained, it has been arranged through Besse
4s Company, Aden for motor transport from iiukalla to the limits of
auto travel at RAIDAT AL ABOUL &ADUDf and for water transport
from MUKALLA to SA1ALA* Other land an - air transportation is
to be arranged*
Messrs 'vetsel and korton will be instructed relative to
proceeding from present headqusrtbrs to the area of the survey,
to meet up with Mr* Altouayan*
fhe return of the party will be arranged by jo*. Altounyau.
Letter G*OA.6/237 and London Office Indent G20I/S6/17 covers
instructions on equipment to be secured* It is requester that
Ar* etsel assume personally the responsibility for effecting
as much of the content of letter G*uA*6/237 as a plies uo equipment
to be brought by the geologists*
oodetuff, oil, petrol an finances have been arranged. Indents
have been placed and It is requested that Mr* Althounyan see that
the materials requested therein be sxipplied*
In addition to the equipment for the execution of Vne survey,
the geologists are to be provided with the folio- ing data to
assist their examination*
1) eolo t ioal deport do.96 , part-? I and II, inclu ing
a reproduction of part of map GR*$o-3 sufficient to
cover the areas to be visited* (This snap to be
sup-lied by London Office but the report to be taken
from Geological Office files ir -ripoli*,'
2) Map of irabia , showing paleo-geographic basins*
3) von V¥i68&iann publication "Ubrrsicht uber Aufbau und
oberflaohongcstaitung Arabiens' with 1*750,000 map -
1932 Hr.9/10 £eit*cer Cessell fur Krdk*

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The file concerns geological and geophysical surveys for oil and other minerals in the hinterland of Muscat and Oman (especially Dhofar Province, also referred to as Dhufar) and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (especially Sharjah) undertaken by the substantially British-owned Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) and its subsidiaries Petroleum Concessions Limited, Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited. The British Government were keen to assist IPC to resume exploration, which had been discontinued during the Second World War, in view of the political, strategic and economic importance of the Company's oil concessions in the area (folio 275).

The papers include: the extent to which certain tribal areas were under the control of local rulers; the need for demarcation of the boundaries of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. states; list of concession and political agreements in force in 1945 in the various Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. states (folios 267-268); interest on the part of the Shaikh of Fujairah in entering into treaty relations with the British Government (folio 210); minutes of meetings at 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. between British Government officials and oil company representatives; permission from the British Government to employ American personnel in survey work (folios 186-193); papers concerning a report by Sir Cyril Sankey Fox, formerly Director of the Geological Survey of India, for the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman entitled 'The Geology and Mineral and Other Resources of Dhufar Province and Other Parts of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, South-East Arabia', March-May 1947 (folios 64-100), including correspondence from the author of the report; sketch map provided by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat (Major Andrew Charles Stewart), which is said by him to have been marked by the Sultan of Muscat [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr] to show the western boundary of Dhofar (folio 68); a request by Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited that geological factors be taken into account in determining the boundary between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with sketch map (folios 57-58); Petroleum Concessions Limited 'Instructions to Field Party for Geological Reconnaissance of Southeastern Hadhramaut, the Mahra, and Dhofar' (folios 49-53); and minutes of Foreign Office meeting to discuss the south-eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia, July 1947.

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 (336 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 336; these numbers are written in pencil 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 327-335; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and have been crossed out. Finally, the second folio is listed as ‘1A’ rather than ‘2.’

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Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.' [‎52r] (105/675), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3838, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100046633454.0x00006c> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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