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Coll 30/217(1) 'Trans-Arabian Pipe Line (Persian Gulf - to Mediterranean)' [4r] (7/307)
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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Ministry of Fuel and Power,
7, Millbank,
London, S.W. 1.
3rd June, 1947*
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June 2nd a nd our telephone
conversation of yesterday, I quite appreciate your desire to
give some background information to 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.
. I
suggest that the following points of substance would cover what
is needed;-
1) The duration of the contract between Shell and Gulf is 10 years.
2) The quantities covered by the Agreement rise from 13,000 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 snare in Kuwait crude. There is likely
to be a margin which Gulf will market themselves.
4) Under the Agreement the Shell will take over the crude at Kuwait
and dispose of it without any restrictions on the Gulf side,
through the Shell organisation. This therefore involves
shipping, refining and marketing of Kuwait oil by Shell.
5) The 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) The Agreement has been studied by Departments and approved in
general by Ministers. It is regarded as a purely commercial
transaction.
E. P. Donaldson, Esq., C.M.G.,
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.
,
Whitehall,
S.W.1.
For/
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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.
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- 1 file (152 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate 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 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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- 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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