مجموعة ٦/ ٦٠ "المملكة العربية السعودية: امتيازات النفط في عسير وجزر فرسان." [و‎‎١‎١] (٤٢/٢١)

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Minute Paper.
Department.
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the question of the dispute which we were asked to settle
between the Fed > c :ea Petroleum Company and the Idrisi Government
to the effect that a new concession should be drawn up and
that in the meantime it would be undesirable to accede to a
request which the Company had put forward for permiesion to
transfer their operations from Zifaf to Great Par-san. He
& ^88 e 'Stec that the Company should send a reDresentative to
dedoa^to negotiate the revised concession. On his persisting
in this attitude the Company decided to withdraw from the
Islands and in September, 1928, th^y r^oved all material under
the auspices of "Dahlia**. It must be assumed that
this terminated any rigirre under the Cooper concession. The
Shell Company has recently stated that it is not interested
to reopen operations in the Farsan Islands.
(2^ A sir. Ibn Baud in June, 1925, intimated that he would
be prepared to consider offers for a concession xrom ritish
Companies. The matter was referred by the Petroleum
Department to the I.P.C. within whose sphere of influence
heir fell and who were the only company with any British
interests who were likely to be prepared, to consider the
matter. The I.P.C. have intimated t at they are prepared
to send out geologists to mace an examination if they can
secure the necessary rights withpayment during the exploratory
period.
(6) Farsan Islands. There has been no activity since 1928
and both the Shell and the Anglo-Persian have recently informed
the etroleum Department that they are not interested any
longer in obtaining a concession over these islands.