'File 5/1 VI Kuwait Oil Company' [‎6r] (16/620)

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This is an ASR&EKBOT made at Kuwait on the )
(hereinafter called the "Agreement date”)
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in the year 1932 between His Excellency Shaikh Sir Ahmad
al-J&bir ae-Sub&h, Knight Commander of the l^ost Eminent
£ Jrder of the Indinn Empire and Companion of the l ost
Exalted Order of the Star of India, the SHAIKH OF KUWaJT
(hereinafter called "the Shaikh") on his om behalf and
in the name of and on behalf of his heirs and successors
in ^*hom is or shall be vested the responsibility for
»o the control and government of the Principality of Kuwait
and the PEK3XAN OIL C Mfr- NY LIMITED (hereinafter
called "the Company") relating to the search for
production and handling of petroleum within the
territories of Kuwait.
Article 1 . The Shaikh hereby grants to the Company the
exclusive right throughout the whole of his territories
as shown generally on the map annexed hereto, excepting
only the area within the present town wall of Kuwait
as well as mosques sacred buildings and graveyards but
i° including all islands apperta ining to Kuwait,
(hereinafter called "the defined area") to explore and
search for petroleum and cognate substances
(hereinafter collectively referred to as "petroleum”)
for m maximum period of two years, that is until the
it>‘ Agreement date in 1934 at the latest, on the conditions
set forth below.
Article 2 . Until the Agreement date in 1936 the Company
shall have the exclusive right to drill within the
defined area and within a period of two years
3 o (hereinafter called the "drilling years") terminating
prior to that date the Company shall so drill in a
workmanlike manner to a total depth overall of at least
4,000 feet at such and so many places as the Company