'File 14/1 III Oil concession in Muscat' [50r] (104/594)
The record is made up of 1 volume (295 folios). It was created in 19 Oct 1937-14 Sep 1938. 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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plant building stores material and property of every sort
provided that for a period of three months from the receipt
of such notice the Sultan may purchase - should he so desire -
the same at a price equal to the replacement value of that
date less depreciation which price shall be agreed or failing
agreement settled under Article 26 hereof.
(c) If such notice be given later than 30 years after the
date of such signature all the property aforesaid shall become
the property of the Sultan free of all cost.
ARTICLE 20 . On the expiry of this Agreement at the end
of the period of Seventy-five Years provided in Article 2 or
any extension or renewal of that period all the movable and
immovable property of the Company in the Leased Area shall be
handed over to the Sultan free of cost. Producing wells or
borings at the time of such expiry shall be handed over in
reasonably good order and repair.
ARTICLE 21 . Subject to the provisions of Article 24 hereof
the Sultan shall have the right to terminate this Agreement and
to take without payment all the property of the Company in the
Leased Area if
(a) The Company shall fail to make any of the payments
prescribed in this Agreement within 6 months of the date on
which they fall due, or
(b) The Company shall be in default in respect of an arbx-
tration award under Article 26 hereof.
ARTICLE 22. Nothing in this Agreement shall be read as
restricting in any way the right of the Sultan to grant to other
parties concessions or permits for materials other than the Sub
stances as defined in Article 5 provided that the operations and
rights of the Company hereunder are not thereby injuriously
affected.
If the Sultan should at any date
subsequent to the date of
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- Content
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Muscat territory.
The discussion in the volume relates to the following issues:
- Agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Ltd (ff 17-19)
- Sultan's negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd
- Fuel supplies for air reconnaissance
- Muscat Oil Concession
- Political Agreement
- Exploration of Buraimi and Jebel Hafit
- Employment of American geologists for exploration in Muscat hinterland.
The volume also includes (ff 236-241) a 'Note on Petroleum Developments in the Arabian Peninsula (Prepared in the Petroleum Department, June 1938)'.
The principal correspondents include: 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. , Muscat (Ralph Ponsonby Watts); 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. ; Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Ltd, (Stephen Hemsley Longrigg); the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd].
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (295 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 295; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 3-292, and ff 89-291; these numbers are also written in pencil, the first one are circled and the second are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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