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IOR/L/PS/18/B470A
- Record Id:
- 040-000563622
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000021
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100033359278.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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:
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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, and to the political agreement the company later made with the British Government (see IOR/L/PS/18/B470 for further details). This particular agreement is relevant in the event of a state of national emergency or war; it states that His Majesty's Government should have the right of pre-emption of all oil produced in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, excluding Gwadur. The full terms and conditions of this statement are fully outlined in the document.
It is signed by Leonard Day Wakely, Deputy Under-Secretary of State for India, on behalf of the Government and witnessed by Sir Alexander Colin Burlington Symon, the Assistant Principal for the Political Department in the India Office. It is also sealed by the petroleum company.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563622 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/B : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B
IOR/L/PS/18/B470A : ['Pre-Emption'] Agreement... between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom... and Petroleum Development… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0502]/040-000563622
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file (2 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000021
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1938
- End Date:
- 1938
- Date Range:
- 27 Sep 1938
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 2; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)