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FO 371/168945

Oil, 1963

This file concerns oil affairs in the Gulf. It contains correspondence on: Acquisition by Dubai Petroleum Company Limited (DPC) of a half share in the Dubai offshore concession (82) Negotiations of Frank M Tye with the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi for the offshore concession area.
FO 1016/842

Shell Oil Company activities in Trucial States, 1964 Jan 01 - 1965 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: Permission for the Shell Company of Qatar Limited to commence operations in the concession areas of Continental Oil Company and Mecom Oil Company in Qatar, Dubai and Sharjah Letter from H G Balfour-Paul to the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi about proposed research by Koniklijke-Shell Exploration and Production Laboratory into desert sedimentation; and responses by Sheikh Saqr and Sheikh Rashid dated 8 and 9 February 1965 respectively Request for the texts of fou
FO 371/163037

Economic development, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Possible contribution of Kuwait and Abu Dhabi to the Trucial States Development Scheme (TSDS), the future of HMG control over the scheme and development of the Trucial States (61) Press release on the successful conclusion of negotiations between the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and consultant engineering firms Sir William Halcrow & Partners Limited and Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners, covering all aspects of development; and the operation of Halcrow and Scott Wilson as Abu Dhabi Consultants (62, 78)

FO 371/179940

Jurisdiction, 1965

This file contains correspondence relating to: Request for a copy of the Pesticides Ordinance approved by six of the Trucial States and a further approach to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan to obtain his signature and enable the implementation of parallel legislation in Bahrain; the approval of the ordinance by Judge Subhi Hijab and its rejection by Sheikh Shakhbut; the Northern Trucial States Pesticides (Control) Regulation 1965 (Queen's Regulation No 4 of 1965) by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,and approved on 24 August 1965 (4, 7, 20) Tru
FO 371/163065

Oil, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Information about the Perkins Oil Company, as well as other companies seeking a concession in the Trucial States (81, 87, 92) Question of Abu Dhabi's boundaries with Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and the effect of these on the operations of the Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company Limited (ADPC) (82, 91) Correspondence and documentation relating to the awarding of oil concessions to John W Mecom in Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah (83-85, 88, 90, 95, 98) Defining of the seabed boundaries of the Trucial States (86) Request for

FO 371/174725

Income tax, 1964

This file relates to income tax in Abu Dhabi and a 50/50 agreement between the Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company (ADPC) and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.