Superior Oil Company's withdrawal from oil operations in the Persian Gulf because of unreasonable demands by the Sheikhs; surrender of Qatar marine oil concession by its subsidiary International Marine Oil Company. Code EA file 15311

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Superior Oil Company's decision to surrender all its offshore concessions in the Gulf. It includes a discussion on whether the political agreement would automatically lapse with the surrender of the concessions (1-3)
• Superior Oil Company's withdrawal from the Gulf and the Qatar Marine Oil concession (4-8)
• Termination of the Qatar Oil Concession with International Marine Oil Company (9)
• Termination of the Abu Dhabi concession agreement between the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the Superior Oil Company (10)
• Termination of the concession agreement between the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani and the International Marine Oil Company and between the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Bin Hashir Al Maktoum and the Superior Oil Company (11-13)
• Termination of the International Marine Oil Company's concessions (14)
• Note informing the Ruler of Dubai of the termination of the concession agreement with Superior Oil Company (15-16)
• Termination of International Marine Oil Company's concession in Qatar (17)
• Shell/Superior Oil Company's request for a definition of the principles for fixing the outer limits of territorial waters (19)