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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 Name Arabian American Oil Company, 1933-1988 Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3800

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3800
Title:
Coll 30/83 'QATAR OIL CONCESSION, POLICY AND PROTECTION.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns British Government policy towards Qatar in the light of the bid by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) to obtain a concession from the Shaikh of Qatar (Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī]) to produce oil in the country. The British Government were keen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1933-12 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 volume (505 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3836

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3836
Title:
Coll 30/110(2) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast. Negotiations with Sheikhs. Ras-al-Khaimah Agreement. Abu Dhabi.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations between Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) and the rulers of several states on the Trucial Coast over oil concession agreements. Petroleum Concessions Limited was the company approved by the British Government to seek oil concessions in the area; it later operated...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1936-15 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (453 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3905

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3905
Title:
Coll 30/168 'Lights and Buoys: Proposed levy of light dues at Bahrein.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a proposed levy for light dues at Bahrain on ships belonging to the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO). The measure was proposed by the Government of India in 1936, and further pressure was applied by the Persian Gulf Lighting Service Advisory Committee in 1940. The latt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1935-20 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (288 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3906

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3906
Title:
Coll 30/169 'Lights and Buoys: Buoying of approaches to Ras Tanurah on behalf of California Arabian Standard Oil Co.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an approach to the India Office from the California Arabian Standard Oil Company Limited (CASOC), for assistance with the buoying of the channel leading to the company's chosen anchorage at Ras Tanura [Ra’s Tannūrah]. The request is contained in correspondence from the company'...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1938-15 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3961

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3961
Title:
Coll 30/217(1) 'Trans-Arabian Pipe Line (Persian Gulf - to Mediterranean)'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns oil company proposals for the construction of a Trans-Arabian oil pipeline between the Persian Gulf 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 t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1945-9 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (152 folios)