"الملف 86/2 VI (C46) نفط البحرين" [ظ‎‎١‎٧‎٠] (٤٢٢/٣٥٢)

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2 ' .We, san ction the agreement under reference, which is attached
puWkation 1 11 Sll0Uld be pUt int0 force as from the date of its
^ fi, Art '- 3 -' , We also sanotion th e special agreement, which is supplementarv
to the original agreement, and order that it shall be put into force ^
decree are puUntoW^ ^ rillallCe Sh0Uld 866 that tlle P rovisions of 'h.s
ih* / SSU iQ f ; 1 o 0Ur P alac ® at Riyadh on this day, the 14th of Rabi-ul-Awwal of
the year 1352, corresponding to the 7th day of July, 1933.
By order of His Majesty the King : ABDUL AZIZ.
His Majesty's Viceroy :
F eisal.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Extract from the Mecca Umm-al-Qura of July 14, 1933.
(Translation.)
THIS agreement has been concluded between his Excellency Ahdnllflh d
SuIeiman-al-Hamdan the Minister of Finance of the SaudT Arab
the onetand 6 Ind ^ rnm f t nt ' called hereinafter the Governmlt. as „»
^ n ' and Ml - L - Hamilton, on behalf of the Standard Oil Oommnv
of California, hereinafter called the Company, on the other hand P '
follows 6 — greeme COncIuded between t,le Government and the Company is
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A rticle 1.
T ^ e f^ 0Ve Ji nm i ent ^ 1 iant t ^ e Company, in pursuance of this agreement md in
conformity with the following conditions concerning the fixed area the full rio-ht
for the period of sixty years as from the date of putting th ^aSeement fnto
force, for the purpose of surveying, prospecting, digging, fxtractfnl r,rXciM
nXrKreL ^d tSow nd tr POrti K g P etro1 ' as P halt . "aphtha (mineral oit
natural grease and tallow, other carbonaceous liquids and the extrarf^ of
of 0 fiill rig-ht for n th e e rS s^ d ;f m CaSe ' T ht does not include ^e grant
tun light toi the sale of crude or refined products within the limits of the
undermentioned zone or m the interior of the Saudi Arab Kingdom
A rticle 2.
agreement t< !i tile rigllt referred to in article 1 of this
agreement has already been agreed upon between the two contracting parties.
A rticle 3.
* f i, Tile Com P an y sha11 grant to the Government during the period agreed upon
in this agreement a preliminary loan (? payment) as already agreed
A rticle 4.
and for^hpTnr^J^ff Pa I-f t0 ^ Governmen t annually an amount agreed upon,
shall be facility this payment will be defined as annual rent which
nerL LP vii^ ^ d ? nC !;- the first y ear sha11 be paid within the
i" not canppllprl I, 111 J . 0 of I ,;bls agreement, and so long as this agreement
from the i n >, rent Wl11 be P a yable at the beginning of every year as
tecaid wfthin tV f 1 a ? re , emen t' s Pat into force, and it (annual rent) must
immediatTlv^ ayS aS T be g in . nin g of each year, providea that
ft, % the discovery of oil m considerable commercial quantities no
other annual rents will be claimed or will be liable for payment.