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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Petroleum Concessions Limited, 1935-

11. IOR/L/PS/12/2208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2208
Title:
Coll 7/39 'Persian Gulf: carrying of arms by Europeans and Americans in the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding an enquiry as to whether Americans and Europeans employed in or travelling through the Gulf Shaikhdoms should be allowed to carry firearms. The matter was raised by Petroleum Concessions Limited, on behalf of one of their employees. The matter is discussed in corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1935-30 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/12/2976

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2976
Title:
Coll 20/18(2) 'Muscat: Oil: Political Agreement and Exchange of Notes'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, notes, and minutes regarding the political agreement connected to the oil concession agreement between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL). Due to disagreement over the Sultan's obligations to British companies and the British Government when it ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1937-10 Jan 1944
Extent:
1 file (274 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/12/3806A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3806A
Title:
Coll 30/87(2) Part I 'Qatar: Oil Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the signing of the agreement between the British Government, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) (later the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company), and the Shaikh of Qatar, Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī] to award the company an exclusive oil concession in Qatar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1935-8 Nov 1944
Extent:

4 volumes (639 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/3806B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3806B
Title:
Coll 30/87(2) Part II 'Qatar: Oil Concession - P.C.L.'s Operations.'
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1945-13 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (296 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/3835

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3835
Title:
Coll 30/110(1) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over the granting of oil concessions to companies with a significant British interest by a number of states on the Trucial Coast: Dubai, Sharjah, Ras-al-Khaimah, Abu Dhabi, and Ajman. The negotiations were initially with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited (APOC)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1934-7 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 volume (451 folios)

16. 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)

17. IOR/L/PS/12/3837

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3837
Title:
Coll 30/110(3) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concessions: Hinterland Exploration and Survey. Trucial Coast Boundaries. Trucial Coast Surveys 1938-9.'
Scope & Content:
The file relates to geological survey work carried out by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) (and its subsidiaries Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited) to identify productive sources of oil in the hinterland of the Trucial Coast and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1937-2 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (500 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/12/3838

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3838
Title:
Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns geological and geophysical surveys for oil and other minerals in the hinterland of Muscat and Oman (especially Dhofar Province, also referred to as Dhufar) and the Trucial Coast (especially Sharjah) undertaken by the substantially British-owned Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1945-22 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (336 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/12/3839

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3839
Title:
Coll 30/110(5) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concessions: Umm-Al-Quwain Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the signing of an oil concession agreement between Shaikh Ahmad Bin Rashid [Aḥmad bin Rāshid Āl Mu‘allā], Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain (also referred to as Umm-Al-Quwain) and Petroleum Concessions Limited. The papers include copies of the agreement (signed on 20 March 1945); copies...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1945-17 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (96 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/12/3852

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3852
Title:
Coll 30/123 'Bahrain (Unallotted Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) over oil concession rights in the Bahrain Unallotted Area (also referred to as the Additional Area), i.e. those parts of Bahrain territory not forming part of the concession awarded to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1935-18 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (398 folios)