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Coll 30/217(1) 'Trans-Arabian Pipe Line (Persian Gulf - to Mediterranean)' [3r] (5/307)
The record is made up of 1 file (152 folios). It was created in 26 May 1945-9 Jun 1947. 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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Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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You will have seen in the Press references to
an Agreement between Shell and Gulf Companies
about Kuwait oil. Following is for your
personal information and oheuld bo troatod cpy
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since Shell very anxious [that no
detailed Indications of the contents of their
Agreement should leak out.*—
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1. 51%ejSiring of the contract between Shell
and Gulf is 10 years.
2. Quantities covered by the Agreement
rise from 15,000 barrels per day in 1947 up to
a maximum of some 200,000 barrels per day.
3. It is not, we believe, intended that the
Agreement should cover the whole of the Gulf share
in KOwfcit crude. There is likely to be a margin
which Gulf will market themselves.
4. Under the Agreement tfee Shell will take over
-the crude^/at KOvfcit and dispose of it without any
restrictions on the Gulf side, through the Shell
organisation. This therefore involves shipping,
refining and marketing of Kow£it oil by Shell.
5. 34*© Agreement provides for the pooling of
proceeds between Shell and Gulf. This means
that Shell will benefit from low production costs
and Gulf from Shell efficiency in distribution.
6. It is probable that part of the crude oil
will at a later stage be refined by Shell in the
U.K.
7. Wie Agreement has been studied by Departments
and approved in general by Ministers. It is^Aauv**/',
regarded as a purely commercial transaction.
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The file concerns oil company proposals for the construction of a Trans-Arabian oil pipeline between the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Mediterranean. The file largely consists of papers relating to Trans-Jordan and Palestine, and to a lesser extent, Saudi Arabia and Egypt (including correspondence from the Colonial Office, the High Commissioner for Palestine, and the Ministry of Fuel and Power, and memoranda issued by the Cabinet Chiefs of Staff Committee).
The papers also include: correspondence concerning a proposal from the Arabian-American Oil Company (Aramco) for a hydrographic survey of the coast of Koweit [Kuwait] (including the Kuwait Neutral Zone), May-August 1945; and discussion of agreements between various oil companies (including the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company) relating to Kuwait oil, December 1946-June 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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (152 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 154; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3961
- Title
- Coll 30/217(1) 'Trans-Arabian Pipe Line (Persian Gulf - to Mediterranean)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:10v, 11v, 12v:100v, 101v:107v, 111r:153v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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