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The file comprises two items of correspondence concerning the termination of the concession held by Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited for oil exploration in Dhofar. The correspondence is between Basil Henry le Riolet Lermitte and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl B...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to an oil concession in Gwadur [Gwadar] which formed part of the territories of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and dependencies. The discussion in the volume includes: The application by the Burmah Oil...
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Gwadur which formed part of the territories of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and dependencies. The discussion in the file concerns: Negotiations over oil concessions in Gwadur Corr...
The file comprises four items of correspondence in the period 1939 to 1950 relating to a concession for prospecting for oil in Gwadur (at that time a dependency of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman). Issues discussed include the withdrawal in 1939 of the Burma Oil Company from negotiations with...
File 14/3 OIL FIELDS IN THE GULF OUTSIDE MUSCAT TERRITORY
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The file comprises correspondence relating to negotiations for concessions to undertake oil exploration in the Gulf. The file includes (ff 5-9) a letter from the Secretary of State for India, London, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven William Fowle). This letter has...
File 14/3 Oilfields in the Gulf outside Muscat territory
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oilfields in the Gulf excluding Muscat territory. The discussion in the file relates to: Negotiations over concessions for oil exploration in the Trucial Coast The impact of the negotiations on the behav...
Correspondence concerning a sample of ore taken from Quriyat [Qurayyāt]. The file includes a chemical analysis report (folio10). The correspondents are include: the Political Agent, Muscat (Reginald Graham Hinde); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Arthur Prescott Trevor); and the Lab...
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to prospecting for coal and other minerals in Dhofar. Issues discussed include terms of a concession, technical mining issues and assessments of commercial viability of mining the coal seams and ore. The f...
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the search for and potential development of mineral deposits in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. Correspondence in the file includes the discussion of the following issues: The availability of reports...
File 14/6 EXPLOITATION IN MUSCAT TERRITORY BY GEOLOGISTS
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The file contains correspondence on two matters in 1937 and 1940 respectively: Correspondence (includes copy of original letter in Arabic, folio 3) in 1937 concerns a complaint from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman about the arrival in Buraimi of a relative (Sultan bin Zaid) of the Shaikh of Abu D...
