HC Deb 15 February 1957 vol 564 cc232-4W
Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will name the companies to whom licences have been granted to search for oil in the British Caribbean.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The companies to whom licences have been granted to search for oil in British Territories in the Caribbean area and the Territories in which they are operating are, according to my information:

Bahamas

  • Bahamas Exploration Co. Ltd.
  • Bahamas National Oil Co. Ltd.
  • Bahama California Oil Co. Ltd.
  • Sun Production Co. of Bahamas Ltd.

Barbados

Caribbean Gulf Oil Co.

British Honduras

British Honduras Gulf Oil Co.

Jamaica

Jamaica Stanolind Oil Co. Ltd.

Trinidad

  • Trinidad Northern Areas Ltd.
  • Trinidad Petroleum Development Co. Ltd.
  • Dominion Oil Ltd.
  • Antilles Petroleum Co. Ltd.
  • Kern Trinidad Oilfields Ltd.
  • Apex Trinidad Oilfields Ltd.
  • Premier Consolidated Oilfields Ltd.
  • Siparia Trinidad Oilfields Ltd.
  • Trinidad Central Oilfields Ltd.
  • The Trinidad Oil Co. Ltd.
  • Shell Trinidad Ltd.

Turks and Caicos Islands

Bahama California Oil Co. Ltd.