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Coll 6/48 'Oil: Concessions in Saudi Arabia. (Hasa)' [‎12v] (24/1153)

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The record is made up of 1 file (574 folios). It was created in 8 Dec 1923-11 Jul 1945. It was written in English. 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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. .. Each of the foregoing payments shall he made within thirty days from the
date upon which it becomes due and shall he made in accordance with and m the
manner provided in articles 17 and 18 of the Saudi Arab Concession.
The foregoing payments are to he made by the Company in addition to any
other payments by way of royalty or advance or otherwise already provided for
by the Saudi Arab Concession and y r et unpaid, and without prejudice to the right
of the Company to recover advances already made under article 4, 6 and 11 and
jet to be made under article 11 of the Saudi Arab Concession, and to recover
overpaid rental under article 12 of the Saudi Arab Concession.
Article 5.
From the effective date of this agreement, the terms and provisions of the
Saudi Arab Concession, as herein amended, shall include and extend to
(«) All lands, islands, waters, territories and interests included in article 2 ol
the Saudi Arab Concession, the description of which is repeated from
the Saudi Arab Concession in Part One of the schedule to this
agreement, and
(b) All lands, territories and interests described and referred to in Part Two
of the schedule to this agreement, and
(c) All right, title and interest of the Government, now or hereafter, in
or to the two territories described in Part Three of the schedule of
this agreement and known respectively as the “Saudi Arab-Kuwait
Neutral Zone ” and the “ Saudi Arab-Iraq Neutral Zone," and all
rights and interests of a maritime or of a territorial nature now or
hereafter appertaining to such two zones or either one of them.
And the Saudi Arab Concession shall be and is hereby modified to
include all the lands, islands, waters, territories and interests of the
Government described and referred to in the foregoing provisions
of this article, and henceforth the Saudi Arab Concession as modified
by the Second Principal Agreement and by this agreement shall be
read accordingly. And, for convenience, all such lands, islands,
waters, territories and interests may be referred to as the “ Exclusive
area."
Article 6.
The following special provisions shall be applicable and shall have force
and effect as from the effective date of this agreement in regard to the Saudi-
Arab-Kuwait Neutral Zone and the Saudi Arab-Iraq Neutral Zone :—-
(a) Computation of royalty accruing to the Government on oil and natural
gas obtained from the Saudi Arab-Kuwait Zone and from the Saudi
Arab-Iraq Neutral Zone shall be governed by the royalty provisions
of the Saudi Arab Concession; it being understood, however, that
the royalty as provided therein shall be payable to the Government
only on that proportion of the total oil and natural gas so obtained
as is represented by the Government’s interest in the said neutral
zones, respectively.
(b) The Company shall be entitled to enter into such agreement or agree
ments as it deems necessary or desirable to enable the Company
alone or with another or others or through the medium of another
company or other companies formed by it (either alone or in con
junction with others), to prospect for and develop and remove the
petroleum and other hydrocarbon substances of and from the Saudi
Arab-Kuwait Neutral Zone and the Saudi Arab-Iraq Neutral Zone
or either one of such zones; provided, however, that there shall be
no violation of the provisions of article 32 of the Saudi Arab Con
cession. So far as the Company or any company or companies
formed by it is concerned, any such agreement may contain the right
of transport for all purposes of the enterprise by all manner of means
of carriage over and along all ways within the Saudi Arab-Kuwait
Neutral Zone and the Saudi Arab-Iraq Neutral Zone or either one
of them and to and from any point or points within the said zones
from and to any point or points within Saudi Arabia, And the
right in respect of the Saudi-Arab-Kuwait Neutral Zone to use any
ports or waterways free of all fees, dues, assessments and charges
of any nature or kind whatsoever, in accordance with article 21 of
the Saudi Arab Concession.
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This file relates to oil concessions in Saudi Arabia, particularly the Hasa [Al Hasa] concession between the Government of Saudi Arabia and the Standard Oil Company of California (SoCal). It includes discussion of the following:

  • Oil negotiations in Saudi Arabia during March and April 1933, and the reported involvement of Major Frank Holmes in negotiations relating to the Kuwait (also spelled Koweit in the file) [Saudi-Kuwaiti] neutral zone.
  • Details of an agreement for the oil concession relating to the Hasa region of Saudi Arabia, made between the Government of Saudi Arabia and SoCal (signed on 27 May 1933), and assigned by SoCal to its subsidiary, the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (Casoc).
  • British concerns regarding a request made by Casoc via the United States Embassy for its aeroplane to be permitted to fly over Kuwait and Bahrain, as part of a survey of the region relating to its oil concession.
  • Reports that Casoc may be interested in exhanging the southern half of its Hasa concession for land further west, and the effect that this might have on Britain's negotiations with Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].
  • Reports of the discovery of oil in Hasa in 1935, and the discovery of commercial quantities of oil there in March 1938.
  • Reports that Casoc is considering the possibility of laying a pipeline from Hasa to Bahrain.
  • Casoc's oil rights in the Kuwait neutral zone.
  • The progress of operations carried out in Hasa by Casoc, including the status of its wells at Dhahran.
  • An account of a visit made by 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 (Hugh Weightman) to Casoc's site at Dhahran as well as to other areas in the region, in May 1939.
  • Details of a loan from Casoc to the Government of Saudi Arabia.
  • Reports of Casoc having taken the decision to construct a refinery at Ras Tanura.

The file features the following principal correspondents: 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. ; 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. , Bahrain; 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. , Kuwait; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires, Jedda; the His Majesty's Minister at Jedda; officials of the Foreign Office, 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. , the War Office, the Air Ministry, and the Petroleum Department; representatives of Casoc.

In addition to correspondence the file includes the following:

  • Copies of the oil agreement and a supplementary agreement between the Government of Saudi Arabia and the Standard Oil Company of California, dated 1933 and 1939 respectively.
  • Extracts from Bahrain and Kuwait intelligence reports.
  • The minutes of an interdepartmental meeting held at the Colonial Office on 26 April 1933, concerning British interests in oil in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (notably Kuwait, Bahrain, Hasa in Saudi Arabia, and the Kuwaiti neutral zone).
  • Draft and final copies of a War Office report entitled 'Brief Summary of the Oil Situation in the Middle East, November 1934'.

The date range of the volume is 1923-1945 but only a handful of items date from before 1933. These include copies 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. 's correspondence with the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India respectively, which date from 1923 to 1926 and concern the possibility of oil development both in Qatar and on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .

The file includes three dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folios 2-4).

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1 file (574 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 575; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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