"ملف ٥/٢ VI المنطقة المُحايدة في الكويت" [و‎‎٢‎٣‎٧] (٧٠٢/٤٧٣)

2
that It will ooiaply with all reaso n able requ irements of the
competent authorities affecting th e navigation of shipa and
aircraft.
For the pur ose of Ita operation ja within the defin ed area ,
the vpiapariY aiiall have auch ri^mta within ICuwait aa are
hereinafter ^ranted . The Company undertakes that it *ill not
in Kuv/ait carry on any operations within areaa occupied by or
devoted to the purposes of moscueo, sacred buildings or
graveyards, or carry on any operations except the sale of
petroleum, housing of staff and employees and administrative
work within the present town wall of Kuwait.
It ia uiideratooa and a,;rged tiiac, thia Agro eiaeat j A
subject to any rights which may be established undc?r any
existing conceasion in accordance witti the machinery provided
for in that concession .
The period of this Agreement shall be sixty (60) years
from the date of signature*
ARTICLE 2 . - (a) Within nine months from the date of sic^nature
of this Agreement the Company shall commence exploration*
following total aggregate depths and within the following
periods of tine and subject t o the rovisio nu of Article 1 at
such suid so many places as the Company may decide:-
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*
(3) The Company shall drill for petroleum to the
(i) 4,000 feet prior to the 4th anniversary of the date
of signature of this Agreement*
(ii) 16,000 feet prior to the 10th anniversary of the
date of signature of this Agreement,
(iii) 40,000 feet prior to the 20th anniversary of the
date of signature of this Agreement*
(C) the Company shall conduct its operations in a