'File 82/1 II (F 53) A.P.O.C., and Oil Concession - Arab Coast' [‎278r] (561/576)

The Shaikh hereby grants after the expiry of the above-mentioned
period of two years or any extension or renewal thereof a prospecting
license for a further period of two years over areas to be selected by the
Company with the approval of the Shaikh and with the cognisance of
the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
A rticle 4.
• At the expiration of the prospecting license the Shaikh hereby grants
to the Company a Mining Lease over an aggregate area not exceeding
100,000 acres divided into not more than three blocks.
A rticle 5.
In virtue of the above-mentioned Mining Lease the Company shall
have the exclusive right to prospect and drill for, extract, treat, refine,
manufacture, transport and deal with petroleum products, naphta, natural
gases, tar, asphalt, ozokerite and other bituminous materials and for water
and to make all investigations necessary for the purpose of their business
in any part of the said territories and shall have the exclusive right to
construct and operate pipe-lines, railways, refineries, storage-tanks,
wharves and jetties, and to construct and erect tramways, roads, buildings,
machinery, telegraph apparatus of all kinds in any part,of the said territory
so far as may be necessary for the purpose of their business.
The Company shall have the right to collect and use free anywhere in
the Shaikh's territory, stone, gypsum, salt, sulphur, clay, wood and water,
whether from rivers or springs for the purpose of their work.
The selection of routes and sites for such work and the course of the
pipeline shall rest with the Company.
A rticle 6.
All lands whatever required by the Company for the purpose of their
preliminary exploration for oil including all or any natural springs of
oil in the said territories together with an adequate supply of water so far
as available shall be granted by the Shaikh to the Company free of charge
and without let or hindrance from any of their relatives or dependents
or any of their tribesmen or third parties. And it is hereby agreed that in
consideration of the sum to be paid to the Shaikh laid down in article 12,
any claim for compensation, reward or subsidy put forward by a third party
in respect of such land or of the services to be rendered to the Company by
the Shaikh shall be met by the said Shaikh or his heirs and successors and
that under no circumstances shall the Company be made to pay compensa
tion for the same.
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A rticle 7.
The Shaikh grants gratuitously to the Company all uncultivated lands
\ belonging to hini which may be needed by the Company for their operations.
In lands so granted the Company shall for the period cf their agree
ment enjoy full proprietary rights.
The Shaikh also recognises that the Company has the right to acquire
all and any other lands and buildings necessary for the said purpose with
the consent of proprietors on such conditions as may be arranged between
the Company and the said proprietors without their being allowed to make
demands of a nature to surcharge the prices ordinarily current for lands
and buildings situated in their respective localities.
At the expiry of the agreement the ground and all immoveable property
left by the Company should be handed back to the Shaikh.
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