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'File 5/1 VII Kuwait Oil Company' [210r] (424/458)
The record is made up of 1 file (225 folios). It was created in 22 May 1933-30 Dec 1933. 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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Ccni^any shall not h. ve stairted boring operations within ^
t, period of three years from the end of September 1935
(subject to the observ tion@ of the provisions of Article 24
of this Agreement) the Government m y then terminate this
Agreement. he never the Goarrny begins boring operations
it shall continue them energetic lly either until it
discovers oil in commercial quantities or until the expiry
of this agreement. If the Com any fails to announce the
discovery of oil in comraercic 1 quantities at the time,then
the date to be reckoned as being the date of dis
covery of oil in commerci 1 quantities shall be tlie date
on which the Company sh. 11 h ve completed the sinking of
a well or wells and shall have examined them and found
thea: capable of supplying not less than 2C0C tons of crude
oil per day for a period of tuirty days consecutively in
conformity with the practice observed in first class oil
fields, erations include the ordering of implements
and Xant and their shipment to Sa’udi Arabia and Iso in
clude the makfog and : rep ration of roads, camps, buildings,
fittings, transport and communications and the erection and
runn ng of tools, machines and other means of well-sinking,
etc.
Article 8. Immediately after the discovery oi oil in
commerni?X quantities the Coffl t any sh 11 remit to the Co
vermaent the loan which has been agreed upon, and after
one ye r shall m ke them another loan. The date of fcemittirg
the first loan shall be th t on which oil is discovered
in coniBierxi! 1 quantities bs laid down in this agreement,
and that of remitting the second loan shall be after one
year from that date. In both cases the Government sh 11
year from th&t date, xn boti
grant the Company a .eriod o:
t o pay it.
Article ■>.
rent sh 11 b
commercial quantities and s
erioci of sixty days delay in which
it has also been agreed that
• • • • •
th t
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This file contains papers relating to the securing of oil agreements in Kuwait. Most of the papers consist of correspondence between various British Political Agents in Kuwait and Bahrain, 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. , 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 the British Legation at Jeddah. The papers discuss the British governments position with regards to exploring for oil in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region with the view to securing as many contracts as possible for British firms as the region became increasingly visible to international oil companies after the discovery of oil in Bahrain in 1932.
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- 1 file (225 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 227; 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 6-222, and ff 180-222; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/242
- Title
- 'File 5/1 VII Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:226v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence