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Coll 6/48 'Oil: Concessions in Saudi Arabia. (Hasa)' [237r] (473/1153)
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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facllitl 3e etc. ma the inuteliation ena operation of the
aaechlnery, e.uipaent and fao lilt lee for drilling wells.
Mtttit J*
Upon the discovery of oil In oohl ercial quant!ties f the
Cootpany shall advance to the Governme t the aim of fl;‘ty thousand
pounds gold t or Its equivalent 9 ma one year Is ter the further
sum of fifty thousand pounds gold, or Its equivalent. The due
date of the first advance shall be the date of discovery of oil
in e&K&eroial quantities, as provided In article 8 hereof, end
the due date of the second advance shall be one yeai later. In
each case the company shall have sixty days following the due
date within which to make th*j advance. Coth ^of these advances
are in account of royalties which my be duefthe Governaent and
consequently the Company slid 11 have the right to recover the
amount of these advances by way of deductions from one half of
the royalties due the Government.
article 10 .
alnce it has be^ci agreed that the annual rental of five
thousand pounds gold, or its equivalent is payable to the date
of the discovery of oil In oaa^erclal quantities, and since it
has been agreed also that the annual rental is to be payable in
advance, it may happen that the last annual rental paid prior
to the date of discovery of oil In comrjercial quantities will
cover a period beyond the date of such discovery. In case that
this period should be equal to or greater then one-fifth of a
year, the proportionate amount of the five thousand pounds gold,
or its equivalent corresponding to such period she. 1 be treated
as an edvanee on account of royalties due the aovern-*ent f and
consequently it ahould be ^ recoverable by the Company by way
of deductions from one-half o ‘ the royalties due the Gov* rnnent.
article 11 .
As soon as ptactlcable U.e. allowing a reasonable tl e for
ordering and shipping further materials and equip ment to ^audi
Arabia and ccxai racing further w rk) after the date of discovery
of oil in commercial quaiitities, /the CoEapany shall continue
operations connected with drilling by using at least two strings
of tools. These operations shall continue diligently until the
proven aroa has been drilled up in accordance with first class
oil field practice, or until the co tract is terminated.
Article 13.
The Gompany shall pay the government a royalty on all net
crude oil produced and aaved and run from field storage, after
first deducting:-
1) *ater end foreign substance; and
2) Oil required for the customary operations of
the Company's installation within ^audi Arabia
and
3) The oil required for the manufacturing the
amounts of gasoline end kerosene to be pro
vided free each year to the Gov jiruaent in
accordance with article 17 hereof.
The rate of royalty per ton of such net ©rude oil shall
be four shillings gold, or its equivalent.
article 1£ .
If the Company should produce, save one sell any as turd
gas.
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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)
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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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- Title
- Coll 6/48 'Oil: Concessions in Saudi Arabia. (Hasa)'
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- 7r:11r, 11v:14v, 61v:64v, 97v:101v, 148r:149v, 235r:243v, 250r:251v, 423r:439v, 458v:462v
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