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Coll 30/110(2) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast. Negotiations with Sheikhs. Ras-al-Khaimah Agreement. Abu Dhabi.' [27r] (53/917)
The record is made up of 1 file (453 folios). It was created in 18 Jun 1936-15 Jul 1946. 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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(o)
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
Sixty thousand at the end of each year from the date of
signature hereof until the Company declares in writing to the
Shaikh that Substances have been discovered in commercial quantities
in accordance with the Sub-Clause (b) of this Article 5 or until
the Company commences Production from quantities less than
commercial quantities. In the event of such Production by the
Company from quantities less than commercial quantities either
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
Fifty thousand per year or
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
3 (three) per English
Ton of 2,240 lbs, in respect of the Substances so won and saved
shall be payable, whichever is the greater.
(d) At the end of every year from the date upon which the Company makes
in writing to the Shaikh the declaration that the Substances have
been discovered in commercial quantities
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
Ninety thousand
or
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
3 (Three) per English ton of 2,240 lbs. in respect of
the Substances other than natural gas, won and saved during the o
preceding Calendar year, whichever is the greater.
(e) Annas 2 (two) per 1,000 cubic feet of natural gas produced and sold.
In calculating royalty for the purpose of this article account shall not
be taken of any of the substances us^d by the Company in its operations or
used by the Company^ employees within the State, necessary for their use, nor
of any water or foreign matter which may be produced with the Substances.
ARTICLE 6 . The Company shall not carry on any operations within areas
occupied by or devoted to the purposes of mosques, sacred buildings or
graveyards.
ARTICLE 7. The Company shall conduct its operations in a workmanlike
manner and by appropriate scientific methods and shall take all reasonable
measures to prevent the ingress of water to any petroleum-bearing strata and
shall duly close any unproductive holes drilled by it and subsequently
abandoned. The Company shall keep the Shaikh informed generally as to the
progress and result of its drilling operations but such information shall be
treated as confidential.
ARTICLE 8 . Within three months after the expiry of each calendar
year, the Company shall deliver to the Shaikh a statement of the amount of
the Substances won and saved and in the case of natural gas produced and
sold during the said calendar year, and of the royalty which is or might
have been payable under Article 5, together with a report of its operations
during the said year. The Shaikh or his representative shall have the right
to check such returns and statements, and all such returns and statements
and the reports of the Company^ operations shall be treated as confidential
by the Shaikh.
ARTICLE 9 (a) The Company shall have the right to import water, the
Substances, fuel, machinery, motor-cars and lorries, aircraft, equipment,
plant, timber, utensils, iron work, building materials, food supplies,
medicines, medical supplies, office equipment and household furniture, and
other materials, equipment and goods of whatsoever nature required by the
Company and its employees for the purpose of its operations hereunder and to
export the Substances and articles previously imported by the Company free
of customs or export duty and taxes or other charges, but it shall pay on all
personal goods, clothing and general merchandise imported by the Company for
the personal use of its employees or for resale to them the ordinary duty
in force for the time being in the State. Saving as in Article 5 and in this
Article provided, the Company, its personnel, its operations, income, profits
and property including the Substances shall be exempt and free during the
period of this Agreement from all present or future harbour duties, import
duties, export duties, taxes, imposts and charges of any kind vdiether State
or local, tolls and land surface rent of whatever nature.
In consideration of the right herein granted the Company shall pay - in
addition to the Royalty per ton of
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
3 as provided in Article 5 - to the
Shaikh within (3) three months after the close of each calendar year the sum
of (4) four annas per English ton of 2,240 lbs. in respect of the Substances
won and saved during the said calendar year.
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The file concerns negotiations between Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) and the rulers of several states on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. over oil concession agreements. Petroleum Concessions Limited was the company approved by the British Government to seek oil concessions in the area; it later operated under its subsidiary company 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. The papers principally relate to Ras-al-Khaimah and Abu Dhabi, but also concern Dubai, Sharjah, Umm-al-Qaiwain, Ajman, and Kalba.
The papers consist of correspondence and memoranda issued by 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 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. , and 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; and correspondence from the oil companies involved and local rulers (including four folios in Arabic, with English translations).
The papers cover: correspondence concerning undertakings by local rulers to protect oil surveying parties in their territories, and the amount of their liability in the event of any incidents; the involvement of Major Frank Holmes and Haji Williamson [William Richard Williamson]; the demarcation of boundaries in the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ; draft agreements relating to Ras-al-Khaimah; British concern over interest in the area on the part of the American company California Arabian Standard Oil; the definition of the phrase 'the Trucial Sheikhs' (folios 386-387); papers concerning a request by PCL for permission from the British Government to employ a French assistant geologist (August-September 1937); a PCL report on the progress of negotiations in Abu Thabi [Abu Dhabi], February 1938 (folios 218-226); other draft agreements; minutes of meetings between British officials and PCL; statement giving the financial terms of certain oil agreements in Arabia (folios 144-147); and the prolongation of the agreement between the Ruler of Ras-al-Khaimah, Shaikh Sultan bin Salem, 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 1941, as a result of the international situation (the Second World War, 1939-45).
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 file (453 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 last folio with 454; 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 2-454; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 30/110(2) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast. Negotiations with Sheikhs. Ras-al-Khaimah Agreement. Abu Dhabi.'
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