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'File 5/1 VI Kuwait Oil Company' [32r] (68/620)
The record is made up of 1 file (306 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1933-25 May 1933. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Draft of memorandum drawn up by His Majesty’s
Government for submission to His Excellency the Shaikh oi Luws.it
dhowing a comparison between draft Concessions submitted by
the Eastern and General Syndicate, and the Anglo Persian Oil
Company*
Note* The comparison is made between the third draft
submitted by the Eastern and General Syndinate in June 1952,
and the first draft (reyised form) submitted by the Anglo
Persian Oil Company in August 1952.
Eastern and General
Syndicate.
Anglo-Persisn Oil
Company.
Period* 70 years (5 yeras
of which are stated
to be for exploratory work
and selection of areas)•
Period. Exploration 3
years. Test
drilling 2 years,
lease 70 years.
Comment.
Exploration and Prospecting.
Whichever Company is granted the Concession, will
find it necessary to caary out exploratory work as the geology
of the country is much obscured by superficial deposits* The
Eastern and General Syndicate refer rather vaguely to
^Exploratory work” by geologists and engineers, which it ey
undertake to begin within 9 months of the date of concession,
failing which the Shaikh may cancel the Concession. Nothing
is said as to drilling and the Syndicate require a period of
5 years for their exploratory work.
The Anglo-Persian Oil Company ask for a maximum
period of two years for exploratory work, which will be reduced
ii they undertake drilling within that period, to be followed
by a maximum period of two years, during which they undertake
to drill at least 4,000 ft.
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This file contains papers relating to the negotiations on oil exploration and extraction agreements between the ruler of Kuwait and the British Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait. The majority of the papers discuss the controversy surrounding the competition between the Anglo Persian Oil Company and the Eastern and General Syndicate for oil contracts in the territory of Kuwait. Arabic documents are either correspondence between 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. in Kuwait and the Ruler of Kuwait or translations of agreements relating to oil concessions in Kuwait.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (306 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 308; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 20-302; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/241
- Title
- 'File 5/1 VI Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:5v, 20r:43v, 47r:47v, 49r:91v, 94r:129v, 131r:132v, 135r:153v, 155r:159v, 161r:267v, 269r:272v, 274r:307v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence