Coll 30/87(2) Part I 'Qatar: Oil Concession.' [‎304v] (629/1310)

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, j , ti >P Shaikh free of cost. Producing wells or borings at the time of
S^xpTr; S hU h be Cded over in reasonably good order and repair.
. f ;„ 7 „ u-The Shaikh hereby agrees that the Company may transfer the
obligations and benefits of this Agreement to any Company registered within the
British Empire.
Article 15 (A) Nothing in this Agreement shall be read as restricting in any
wav the right of the Shaikh to grant to other parties concessions or permits for
substances other than petroleum provided that the operations and rights of the
Company hereunder are not thereby injuriously affected
If the Shaikh should at any date subsequent to the date ol signature of this
4o-reement grant to any other parties concessions or permits for substances other
than petroleum, 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 mineral substances other than petroleum 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 a special concession or permit from the Shaikh.
(B) The Company shall use the Shaikhs flag within the State of Kuwait.
Article 16.—Failure on the part of the Company to fullil 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 by the Company 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.
Force majeure as used in this Agreement includes the act of God, war,
insurrection, riot, civil commotion, tide, storm, tidal wave, flood, lightning,
explosion, fire, earthquake, and any^ other happening which the Company could not
reasonably prevent or control.
Article 17.—The Shaikh shall not by general or special legislation or by
administrative measures or by anj^ other act whatever annul this Agreement except
as provided in Article 11. No alteration shall be made in the terms of this
Agreement by either the Shaikh or the Company except in the event of the Shaikh
and the Company jointly agreeing that it is desirable in the interest of both parties
to make certain alterations, deletions or additions to this Agreement.
(A) If at any time during the currency of this Agreement any
difference or dispute shall arise between the parties hereto concerning the
mterpietation or execution hereof, or anything herein contained or in connection
erewith, or the rights or liabilities of either party hereunder, the same shall, failing
any agreement to settle it in any other wav, or after consultation with the British
ioliticai Agent in Kuwait or the British 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. , he
re erre to t\vo arbitrators, one of whom shall be chosen by each party, and a
re eree, wio shall be chosen by the arbitrators before proceeding to arbitration.
P ai ty shall nominate its own arbitrator within 60 days after the
thr rpn^ ° to ^ ^e other party failing which its arbitrator may at
th desi g nat ? d by the British 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
within fif) rlo U A n i ^ 16 ev ® nt the arbitrators failing to agree upon the referee
the Persian "iP U 30m ^ chosen or designated, the British 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
of them ' U ma " a bP om t a re tcree at the request of the arbitrators or either
betvveen^thein^tli^T ^ „ arbitrators, or in case of a difference of opinion
parties. ecision of the referee, shall be final and binding upon both
period^ of delavdi^rbf^ 8 ^ the arbitrators or the referee shall specify an adequate
conform to the dpmV^ ^ ilC i ^ 16 against whom the decision is given shall
failed to conform P ar ty shall be in default only if that party has
otherwise. ^ deC1S10n P rior to the expiry of that period and not
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