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compensation for any loss it may sustain thereby, whether through damage to the
Company's facilities, equipment or installation or through the obstruction or
interference with the Company's operations.
A eticle 23.
The enterprise under this contract shall be directed and supervised by
Americans, who shall employ Saudi Arab nationals as far as practicable, and in
so far as the Company can find suitable Saudi Arab employees it will not employ
other nationals.
In respect of the treatment of the Saudi Arab nationals as employees, the
Company shall abide by the existing laws of the country applicable generally to
employees of any other industrial enterprise.
A rticle 24.
The Government reserves the right to search for and obtain any substance
or products, other than those exclusively granted under this contract, within the
area covered by this agreement, except land occupied by wells or other installa
tions of the Company, provided always that the right thus reserved by the
Government shall be exercised so as not to endanger the operations of the
Company or interfere with its rights hereunder, and provided also that a fair
compensation shall be paid to the Company by the Government for all damage the
Company may sustain through the exercise of the right so reserved by the
Government. In any grant of such right so reserved by the Government, the
concessionnaire shall be bound by the provisions of this article.
A rticle 25.
The Company is hereby empowered by the Government to acquire from any
occupant the surface rights of any land which the Company may find necessary
to use in connexion with the enterprise, provided that the Company shall pay
the occupant for depriving him of the use of the land. The payment shall be a
fair one with respect to the customary use made of the land by the occupant. The
Government will lend every reasonable assistance to the Company in case of any
difficulties with respect to acquiring the rights of a surface occupant.
The Company, of course, shall have no right to acquire or to occupy
Holv Places.
A rticle 26.
The Company shall supply the Government with copies of all topographical
maps and geological reports (as finally made and approved by the Company)
relating to the exploration and exploitation of the area covered by this contract.
The Company shall also furnish the Government, within four months after the
end of each year, commencing with the date of commercial discovery of oil, a
report of the operations under this contract during the year. These maps and
reports shall be treated as confidential by the Government.
A rticle 27.
No failure or omission on the part of the Company to carry out or to perform
any of the terms or conditions of the contract shall give the Government any
claim against the Company, or be deemed a breach of this contract, in so far as
such failure or omission may arise from fo If through
the fulfilment of any term or condition of this contract should be delayed, the
period of the delay, together with such period as may be required for the restora
tion of any damage done during such delay, shall be added to the terms or periods
fixed in this contract.
A rticle 28.
The Company may terminate the contract at any time by giving the Govern
ment thirty days' advance notice in writing, whether by letter or by telegraph,
provided that the telegraphic notice is promptly confirmed by letter. Upon the
termination of this contract through such notice or through any other cause, the