Oil

FO 371/185383 1966
Description

This file contains correspondence relating to:

  • Granting of an offshore oil concession by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur to the German company Wintershall Aktiengesellschaft and the question of how this effects the concession with Petroleum Development (Oman), which includes territorial waters (1)
  • Potential security threats to the oil industry in Muscat and Oman, particularly in regard to the new Omani pipeline (4)