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Coll 6/48 'Oil: Concessions in Saudi Arabia. (Hasa)' [13r] (25/1153)
The record is made up of 1 file (574 folios). It was created in 8 Dec 1923-11 Jul 1945. 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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(c) The Company may promote a company or companies of a nationality
acceptable to the Government to explore and prospect for and
exploit, remove and export petroleum and other hydrocarbon
substances in and from both or in and from each or in and from either
of the said two neutral zones.
Article 7.
The provisions of article 9 of the Saudi Arab Concession shall henceforth
be replaced by the following provisions, namely:—
For a period of ten years from the effective date of this agreement,
the Company shall be under no obligation to relinquish to the Government
any portion of the exclusive area covered by the Saudi Arab Concession,
as modified by this agreement. Upon the expiration of this ten-year period,
and from time to time thereafter, the Company shall relinquish to the
Government such portions of the exclusive area as the Company may decide
not to explore further, or to use otherwise in connexion with the enterprise.
The portion so relinquished shall thereupon be released from the terms and
conditions of the Saudi Arab Concession, as modified by this agreement;
provided, however, that the Company shall, nothwithstanding such
relinquishment, continue to enjoy the right reserved by the Saudi Arab Con
cession to use the portions so relinquished for transportation and communica
tion facilities, the Company interfering as little as practicable with any
other use to which the Government may desire the relinquished portions to
be put.
Article 8.
That portion of article 19 of the Saudi Arab Concession reading as
follows : “ during each year following the date of completion of this plant, the
Company shall offer free to the Government, in bulk, 200,000 American gallons of
gasoline and 100,000 American gallons of kerosene, it being understood that the
facilities provided by the Government for accepting these deliveries shall not
impede or endanger the Company’s operations ” shall be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows :—
During the year following the first anniversary of the effective date of this
agreement, and during each year thereafter, up to and including the year ending
on the anniversary of the effective date of this agreement next following the
discovery of oil in commercial quantities within the territories described and
referred to in Part Two and Part Three of the schedule to this agreement, the
Company shall offer free to the Government, in bulk, 1,300,000 American gallons
of gasoline and 100,000 American gallons of kerosene.
During the year commencing on the anniversary of the effective date of this
agreement next following such discovery of oil in commercial quantities, and
during each subsequent year of the Saudi Arab Concession as amended by this
agreement, the Company shall offer free to the Government, in bulk,
2,300,000 American gallons of gasoline and 100,000 American gallons of kerosene.
It is understood that, following the completion of the said plant, the gasoline
and kerosene offered to the Government in bulk as aforesaid shall be delivered
to the Government at or in the immediate vicinity of the said plant. The
facilities provided by the Government for accepting deliveries shall not impede
or endanger the Company operations.
Article 9.
From the effective date of this agreement, all the rights and privileges
conferred by article 22 of the Saudi Arab Concession may be exercised by the
Company (a) anywhere in the “exclusive area" described in article 5 of this
agreement; (b) anywhere in the area covered by the concession granted on the
9th day of July, 1936, to the Petroleum Concessions (Limited) (it being understood
that the exercise of these rights by the Company in the area covered by the con
cession granted to the Petroleum Concessions (Limited) does not include the right
to exploit oil therein, nor will it damage the property of the Petroleum Concessions
(Limited) or impede its operations and interests, or interfere therewith. The
Government shall be the sole judge to determine this); (c) anywhere in the Saudi
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This file relates to oil concessions in Saudi Arabia, particularly the Hasa [Al Hasa] concession between the Government of Saudi Arabia and the Standard Oil Company of California (SoCal). It includes discussion of the following:
- Oil negotiations in Saudi Arabia during March and April 1933, and the reported involvement of Major Frank Holmes in negotiations relating to the Kuwait (also spelled Koweit in the file) [Saudi-Kuwaiti] neutral zone.
- Details of an agreement for the oil concession relating to the Hasa region of Saudi Arabia, made between the Government of Saudi Arabia and SoCal (signed on 27 May 1933), and assigned by SoCal to its subsidiary, the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (Casoc).
- British concerns regarding a request made by Casoc via the United States Embassy for its aeroplane to be permitted to fly over Kuwait and Bahrain, as part of a survey of the region relating to its oil concession.
- Reports that Casoc may be interested in exhanging the southern half of its Hasa concession for land further west, and the effect that this might have on Britain's negotiations with Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].
- Reports of the discovery of oil in Hasa in 1935, and the discovery of commercial quantities of oil there in March 1938.
- Reports that Casoc is considering the possibility of laying a pipeline from Hasa to Bahrain.
- Casoc's oil rights in the Kuwait neutral zone.
- The progress of operations carried out in Hasa by Casoc, including the status of its wells at Dhahran.
- An account of a visit made by 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. at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) to Casoc's site at Dhahran as well as to other areas in the region, in May 1939.
- Details of a loan from Casoc to the Government of Saudi Arabia.
- Reports of Casoc having taken the decision to construct a refinery at Ras Tanura.
The file features the following principal correspondents: 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 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. , Bahrain; 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. , Kuwait; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires, Jedda; the His Majesty's Minister at Jedda; officials of the Foreign Office, 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. , the War Office, the Air Ministry, and the Petroleum Department; representatives of Casoc.
In addition to correspondence the file includes the following:
- Copies of the oil agreement and a supplementary agreement between the Government of Saudi Arabia and the Standard Oil Company of California, dated 1933 and 1939 respectively.
- Extracts from Bahrain and Kuwait intelligence reports.
- The minutes of an interdepartmental meeting held at the Colonial Office on 26 April 1933, concerning British interests in oil in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (notably Kuwait, Bahrain, Hasa in Saudi Arabia, and the Kuwaiti neutral zone).
- Draft and final copies of a War Office report entitled 'Brief Summary of the Oil Situation in the Middle East, November 1934'.
The date range of the volume is 1923-1945 but only a handful of items date from before 1933. These include copies of 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. 's correspondence with the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India respectively, which date from 1923 to 1926 and concern the possibility of oil development both in Qatar and on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
The file includes three dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folios 2-4).
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- 1 file (574 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 575; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 6/48 'Oil: Concessions in Saudi Arabia. (Hasa)'
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- 7r:11r, 11v:14v, 61v:64v, 97v:101v, 148r:149v, 235r:243v, 250r:251v, 423r:439v, 458v:462v
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