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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Petroleum Development Oman, 1937-

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2975

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2975
Title:
Coll 20/18 'Muscat: Oil: Muscat Commercial Concession'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence pertaining to the commercial oil concession agreement between the Sultan of Muscat, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited, signed in June 1937. The correspondence is principally between the two involved parties, the Ira...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1934-25 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (425 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2977

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2977
Title:
Coll 20/18(3) 'Muscat: Muscat Oil Concession: Personnel of Petroleum Concessions Ltd.'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and notes concerning the employment of two American geologists by Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited for exploration work in Oman. Consent is sought for the employment of non-British subjects in accordance with the political agreement between Petroleum Development (Om...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1938-15 Nov 1938
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B470

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B470
Title:
General agreement... [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with an agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited, which relates to the oil concession agreed between the company and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd, in respect of the di...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1938
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B470A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B470A
Title:
['Pre-Emption'] Agreement... between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom... and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with a 'pre-emption' agreement between the British Government and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited, which relates to the commercial agreement obtained by the petroleum company for drilling for oil in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and the district of Dhofar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1938
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/684

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/684
Title:
'86/12-III CONFIDENTIAL A. 85 P.C.L. MUSCAT'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf , the Political Agent at Muscat, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the India Office (Roland Tennyson Peel, John Percival Gibson, Francis Anthony Kitchener Harrison) , the Secretary to the Government of India (Si...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1937-31 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 volume (278 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/599

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/599
Title:
‘WILFRED THESIGER’
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the movements of Wilfred Thesiger at the end of his second crossing of the Empty Quarter [al-Rub‘ al-Khālī]. Correspondence in the file is between the Political Officer, Sharjah; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident, Bahrain; the Political Agent, Muscat; the Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1948-27 May 1950
Extent:
1 file (61 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/868

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/868
Title:
File 38/11 P. C. L. Planes
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the movement of company (Petroleum Concessions Limited) planes in the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are: representatives of Petroleum Concessions Limited and its subsidiary companies (Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited and Petroleum Develop...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 May 1938-22 Apr 1950
Extent:
1 file (167 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/425

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/425
Title:
File 14/1 III Oil concession in Muscat
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Muscat territory. The discussion in the volume relates to the following issues: Agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Ltd (ff 17-19) Sultan's negotiations with Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1937-14 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 volume (295 folios)