"ملف رقم 10/3 XI امتياز النفط القطري" [ظ‎‎٤‎٤] (٥٣٦/١٠٣)

(2)
. P oT-nment for defence purposes, for
the Sheikh or His Majesty s °v bases or for w i r eless and telegraph
aerodromes, aeroplane* or seapi ^ aevelopment of harbours, provided
installations or in ° 0I T^ Mft iesty's Government which shall not be
that ift'ith the consent of His . j J have the r ight to use for the
unreasonably withheid the Compa as ma y be developed by the Sheikh
purposes of its operations s is not reaS onable harbour acoommoda-
or His Majesty's Go ' v ® rnmen H ^ rbours developed by the Company shall be
tion available elsewhere^ Harbours^troi
under its complete and exciusi
. , . -telephone installations, if any, maintained
TELEGRAPH, wireless and P its bus i n ess and as provided in
by the Company shall ^ ^ U oonE truoted and operated that their
the concession, the operations of such wireless,
operations shall not inter be established by the Sheikh
telegraph or telephone installations m >
or His Majesty's Government.
4-v, 4- -it is their intention, should they consider
THE Company declare tha ^ ^ erect a refinery at Koweit. If
that commercial 00nditl0n ^,^L Qa that commercial production is assured,
or ». .Lrxs rif.s: s
ence of either of ifthic n have the ripht of pre-emption of all the
s* «««<•
Company and the oheikh lci g g observe any of the terms of this
IVSS ™ .0.1.. .t
grounds under that Agreement is not justified *
IH WITHESS whereof Sir Louis James Kershaw, K.C.S.I., C ^*®' ™
behalf of His Majesty's Government has hereunto ® et "^^^he day and
the Company has hereunto caused its Common oeal to b
year first above written.
THE SCHEDULE above referred to
Pre-emption Clause .
In the event of a state of national emergency or war (of the
existence of which His Majesty's Government shall be the sole ju g
(1) His Majesty's Government shall have the right of
all crude oil gotten under the Concession granted by the Shei o
Company and of all the products thereof and shall have the righ ^ ^ ^
require the Company to the extent of any refining capacity it may ica ,
Koweit to produce oil fuel that shall comply with the^ Admiral y s P
tions at the time provided that Koweit Oil be of a suitable kin a
quality for this purpose.
(2) The Company shall use its utmost endeavours to increase
reasonably possible with existing facilities the supply of oil ^ erriine nt.
products thereof for the Government to the extent required by the
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(3) The Company shall with every reasonable expedition and so ^
avoid demurrage on the vessel or vessels engaged to convey the s > >
its utmost to deliver all oil or products of oil purchased by the ^
Governmjent under their said right of pre-emption in the c i uan ^^ 1 ^ S -^ce of
time etfid in the manner required by the Government at a conveni© 11
shipment or at a place of storage in Koweit to be determined by 1 ^ sU ch
Majesty's Government. In the event of a vessel employed to carry
oil or products thereof on behalf of His Majesty being detained on