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'File 38/4 Petroleum Concessions Limited Sharjah Concession' [‎23r] (45/162)

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The record is made up of 1 file (79 folios). It was created in 2 Apr 1938-14 Dec 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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calendar months and the royalty shall be adjusted accordingly. If the Company
should find it necessary to alter, repair or replace any measuring appliances it shall
give reasonable notice to the Shaikh or his representative to enable a representative
of the Shaikh to be present during such alteration, repair or replacement.
I he Company shall keep full and correct records of all measurements as
aforesaid and the said representative of the Shaikh shall have access at all reasonable
times to such records and shall be at liberty to make extracts from them. Suck
recoids shall be treated as confidential by the Shaikh and his representative.
Article 17.—(a) The Company shall have the right at any time after the expiry
of three years from the date of signature of this Agreement to give the Shaikh
six months’ notice in writing of its intention to terminate this Agreement and this
Agreement shall absolutely determine on the date fixed for such termination in such
notice.
(6) If such notice be given not later than 30 years after the date of such
signature the Company shall be entitled on such determination to remove free of all
taxes and duties all plant buildings stores material and property of every sort
provided that for a period of three months from the receipt of such notice the
Shaikh may purchase—should he so desire—the same at a price equal to the
replacement value at that date less depreciation which price shall be agreed or
failing agreement settled under Article 24 hereof.
(c) If such notice be given later than 30 years after the date of such signature
all the property aforesaid shall become the property of the Shaikh free of all cost.
Article 18. On the expiry of this Agreement at the end of the period of
75 years provided in Article 2 or any extension or renewal of that period all the
movable and immovable property of the Company in the State shall be handed
over to the Shaikh free of cost. Producing wells or borings at the time of such
expiry shall be handed over in reasonably good order and repair.
Article 19. Subject to the provisions of Article 22 hereof the Shaikh shall have
the right to terminate this Agreement and to take without payment all the property
of the Company in the State if—
(a) the Company shall fail to make any of the payments prescribed in this
Agreement within six months of the date on which they fall due ; or
(b) the Company shall be in default in respect of an arbitration award under
Article 24 hereof.
Article 20. Nothing in this Agreement shall be read as restricting in any way
the right of the Shaikh to grant to other parties concessions or permits for materials
other than the substances as defined in Article 3 provided that the operations and
rights of the Company hereunder are not thereby injuriously affected.
If the bhaikh should at any date subsequent to the date of signature of this
Agreement grant to any other parties concessions or permits as aforesaid the Shaikh
undertakes that such concessions shall contain provisions requiring the holders
thereof to abstain from damaging, impeding or interfering with the property,
operations and interests of the Company.
Deposits of minerals such as gold, silver, copper, lead, potash, sulphur and salt
or the like which may be discovered by the Company shall be reported to the Shaikh
and shall not be worked by the Company except under special concession or permit
from the Shaikh.
Further, the Company shall instruct Geologists to mark carefully and report to
the Company any area and its location which appears to them to give promise of
yielding minerals or fresh water from a bore-hole and the Company undertakes to
keep the Shaikh informed of all such minerals and water reports and the sites of
the area or areas.
Article 21. The Shaikh hereby agrees that the Company may transfer the
obligations and benefits of this Agreement to a British Company to be called
“Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited” or to any other Company
registered within the British Empire.
Article 22. Failure on the part of the Company to fulfil any of the conditions
of this Agreement shall not give the Shaikh any claim against the Company or be
deemed a breach of this Agreement in so far as such failure arises from force
majeure, and if through force majeure the fulfilment b} r the Companv of any of the
conditions of this Agreement be delayed, the period of such delay shall be added to
the periods fixed by this Agreement.

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The file contains correspondence relating to the oil concession in the Sharjah territories. The correspondence is between: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain; representatives of Petroleum Concessions Limited and Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, in London, Bahrain, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. [United Arab Emirates]; the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent at Sharjah; the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire (later Bahrain) [ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ]; the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ; Sultan bin Saqr [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ], the Ruler of Sharjah; and the Government of India.

The majority of the file covers an amendment to the 1937 concession agreement between the oil company, Petroleum Concessions Ltd, and Shaikh Sultan that was made in February 1946. This amendment was made in order to extend the permitted drilling period following the Second World War, during which no drilling was carried out. Permission to open negotiations over the matter was sought from the British Government by the company. There is a copy of the agreed amendment on folio 72.

Other matters covered by the file include:

Folios 19-28 is Memo B 467 of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and includes a copy of the commercial agreement between the company and Shaikh Sultan, a copy of the 'political agreement' between the company and the British Government, and copies of correspondence relating to both.

Folios 76-80 are internal office notes.

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1 file (79 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-75; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.

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