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Coll 30/87(2) Part II 'Qatar: Oil Concession - P.C.L.'s Operations.' [218r] (442/603)
The record is made up of 1 file (296 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1945-13 Apr 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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D.O. No.C/1209
W?
he 28th October» 1946*
Dear colonel Gallowa^,
In July of t^I^yiSF'ITaFIT^the American consul at
Dhahran, sent me & "Highway Statistics Questionnaire" pre
pared by the Transportation Unit of the Bureau of foreign
and Domestic Commerce^ commerce Department, I ashington,
and asked me to supply Information regarding road mileage
by construction types, main highways, planning and financing,
and materials and equipment for Qatar and the frucial coast.
I replied politely that there were no highway statistics
for these two places, and that I had no material on my files
from which to answer the questionnaire.
2. Hart passed a copy of this same questionnaire to
petroleum concessions Limited, at the same time informing
them that he would shortly be sending them a second question
naire on the subject of oil. petroleum Concessions Limited
have now written to say that they have received tills second
questionnaire and have sent me a copy together with a copy
of Hart's covering letter, which I attach in original.
Packer Informs me that P.C.L. have consulted their Managing
Director in London, and have received instructions that they
should refer the questlonnalre to London before taking any
action on It, and that they should also obtain our views on
3. it would appear from Hart’s letter that this is but
the first of many questionnaires, and although there may be,
as Hart says, a 23.75$ American interest in petroleum Deve
lopment Limited, I see no reason why the Company should be
called upon to give the detailed information asked for,
which is, in fact, far more exhaustive than that supplied by
the Bahrain petroleum Company to the Ministry of fuel and
Power, vide correspondence ending with my endorsement
$o.C/1197 dated the 24th October, 1946.
^ ^1“ 4. I should be grateful for instructions as to how I
should reply to Petroleum concessions Limited.
Yours sincerely,
•/- $ R^bNUr
The f!on v ble Lt-col. A.C. Galloway, C.I.E., o.B.E.,
political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Bahrain .
HS.
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The file concerns the operations of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) (and its subsidiary Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited) in Qatar. Of particular importance in the file is the issue of the division of the sea bed for drilling operations between PCL's concession, and that of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) in Bahrain.
The file contains discussion of the issue by 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 Foreign Office, the Ministry of Fuel and Power, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and 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. , Bahrain.
The papers cover: the resumption of drilling operations in Qatar after their suspension during the Second World War; payment of royalties; the Hawar Islands; the granting of permission to use wireless sets; the response of British officials to a United States Government request to PCL for information on petroleum resources in Qatar and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , October-November 1946; aerial surveys of the Bahrain-Qatar Unallotted Area; the application of US President Harry S Truman's continental shelf doctrine to the issue (e.g. folios 141, 110); maps of the area; Admiralty comments on the need for all parties to be aware that the sea bed only was concerned, and that the waters above, and free navigation, were in no way affected (folio 46); correspondence from the oil companies involved; and the reactions of local rulers to the negotiations.
The file also contains five maps.
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 (296 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 296; 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. Foliation anomaly: 268a.
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- Title
- Coll 30/87(2) Part II 'Qatar: Oil Concession - P.C.L.'s Operations.'
- Pages
- front, back, front-i, 2r:4v, 7r:12v, 15r:15v, 16v:17v, 18v:22v, 31r:51v, 52v:85v, 86v:104v, 105v:123v, 125r:130v, 131v:155v, 157r:167v, 168v:211v, 212v:218v, 230r:233v, 234v:239v, 242r:243v, 244v:254v, 258r:266v, 267v:268v, 268ar:268av, 269r:271v, 272v, 275r:282v, 283v:286v, 296r:296v
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