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Coll 30/89 'Oil: Koweit Oil Agreement between the Koweit Oil Company and His Majestys Government.' [6v] (17/574)
The record is made up of 1 volume (283 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1934-29 Mar 1935. 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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include in the areas selected for the purposes of its operations, any sites which may
have been selected by or on behalf of the Sheikh or His Majesty s Government for
defence purposes, for aerodromes, aeroplane or seaplane bases or for wireless and
telegraph installations or in connection with the development of harbours, provided
that with the consent of His Majesty’s Government which shall not be ^unreasonably
withheld the Company shall have the right to use for the purposes of its operations
such harbours as may be developed by the Sheikh or His Majesty s Government
if there is not reasonable harbour accommodation available elsewhere. Harbours
developed by the Company shall be under its complete and exclusive control.
9 Telegraph, wireless and telephone installations, if any, maintained by the
Company shall be for use only in its business and as provided in the concession and
shall be so constructed and operated that their operations shall not interfere with the
operations of such wireless, telegraph or telephone installations as may be established
by the Sheikh or His Majesty’s Government.
10. The Company declare that it is their intention, should they consider that
commercial conditions justify it, to erect a refinery at Koweit. If and when the
Company is satisfied that commercial production is assured, the Company agrees to
examine with His Majesty’s Governmeut the question of establishing a refinery in
Koweit of suitable type and capacity.
11 . In the event of a state of national emergency or war (of the existence of
either of which His Majesty’s Government shall be the sole judge) His Majesty’s
Government shall have the right of pre-emption of all the oil produced m Koweit m
accordance with the terms of the schedule hereto.
12. In the event of notice of termination of the Agreement between the Company
and the Sheikh being given under the terms of that Agreement on the ground that
the Company has failed to observe any of the terms of this x^greement between the
Company and His Majesty’s Government, the arbitration provisions of the said
Agreement between the Company and the Sheikh shall apply if the Company
considers that notice of termination on such grounds under that Agreement is not
justified.
IN WITNESS u T hereof Sir Louis James Kershaw, K.C.S.I., C.I.E., on behalf of
His Majesty’s Government has hereunto set his hand and seal and the Company has
hereunto caused its Common Seal to be affixed the day and year first above written.
THE SCHEDULE above referred to
Pre-emption Clause.
In the event of a state of national emergencj?- or war (of the existence of wffiich
His Majesty’s Government shall be the sole judge)—
( 1 ) His Majesty’s Government shall have the right of pre-emption of all crude oil
gotten under the Concession granted by the Sheikh to the Company and of
all the products thereof and shall have the right to require the Company to
the extent of any refining capacity it may have in Koweit to produce oil
fuel that shall comply with the Admiralty specifications at the time nrovided
that Koweit oil be of a suitable kind and quality for this purpose.
(2) The Company shall use its utmost endeavours to increase so far as reasonably
possible with existing facilities the supply of oil and/or products thereof for
the Government to the extent required by the Government.
(3) The Company shall with every reasonable expedition and so as to avoid
demurrage on the vessel or vessels engaged to convey the same, do its
utmost to deliver all oil or products of oil purchased by the Government
under their said right of pre-emption in the quantities at the time and in
the manner required by the Government at a convenient place of shipment
or at a place of storage in Koweit to be determined by His Majesty’s
Government. In the event of a vessel employed to carry any such oil or
products thereof on behalf of His Majesty being detained on demurrage at
the port of loading the Company shall pay the amount due for demurrage
according to the terms of the charter party and/or the rates of loading
previously agreed with the Company unless the delay is due to causes
beyond the control of the Compauy. Any dispute which may arise as to
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The file concerns the political agreement between the British Government and the Kuwait Oil Company made in the event of the company obtaining an oil concession from the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]. The company was equally owned by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and the Gulf Oil Corporation of the United States, but the agreement provided that the Kuwait Oil Company should be a British company.
The file covers: minutes of meetings at 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. between British Government officials and representatives of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and later the Kuwait Oil Company; the personnel of the Kuwait Oil Company, including British emphasis on the need for the employees of the company to be British subjects, or subjects of the Shaikh of Kuwait; the requirements of the Admiralty; drafts of, comments on, and full text (folios 6-7) of the political agreement (signed on 5 March 1934: signed copy, folios 26-27); discussion of the pre-emption clause in the agreement (designed to meet the British Government's oil needs in the event of a state of national emergency or war); discussion of requirements for landing grounds and air facilities in Kuwait, including correspondence from the Air Ministry; the recommendation 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. that APOC should be required to give an assurance that actual oil exploitation should be in British hands only, and that the American interest of the group should be purely financial (folios 174-175); discussion of communications requirements (telegraph, wireless, and telephone); the need to persuade the Shaikh of Kuwait of the strength of the new company, to diminish the risk of his turning towards the Standard Oil Company of California (folio 101); APOC agreement to inform HM Government of any intention to transfer any part of its 50% holding in the Kuwait Oil Company to another company (folios 83-90); the Admiralty's desire that the political agreement should not be communicated to the Shaikh of Kuwait until the commercial agreement was signed, in case Standard Oil used it to advance their claims to the concession (folio 16); and text of the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Kuwait Oil Company (folios 8-11).
The file also contains papers relating to the Qatar oil concession. Most of the correspondence is from John Charles Walton 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 other British Government officials; the file also includes correspondence from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
Kuwait generally appears in the papers in the form Koweit.
One document is dated 1914 (folios 91-93).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (283 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 (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 285; 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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- Coll 30/89 'Oil: Koweit Oil Agreement between the Koweit Oil Company and His Majestys Government.'
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- 6r:11v, 26r:27v, 51r:58v, 75r:81v, 259r
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