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Coll 6/48 'Oil: Concessions in Saudi Arabia. (Hasa)' [238r] (475/1153)
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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gas, it will pey to the aoverMent « royalty equal to one-ei .hth
of the proee*#* of the sale of euoh mitoral gas, it beiu^ under-
stood however that the Company shall be undar no obligation to
produce, save, sell, or otherwise dispose of any natural gas* It
is also understood that the company is uudar no obligation to pay
any royalty on such natural gas as it »ay use use for the custom
ary operation of its installation within the uudi Arabia*
AjrtleJUi 14 *
The Government, thr ugh duly authorised representatives, may
during the usual hours of operations, inspect and examine the /
operations of the company under this contract and may verify the
axaount of production* The Company shall measure in accordance
with first class oil field practice the amou.t of oil produced
and saved and run fro® field storage, and atoll iceep time and
correct accounts thereof, and of the nature! gaa it may produce
and save and sell, and duly authorised representatives of the
Government shall also have access at all reasonable tiia s to
such accounts* The Goapany shall within three months, after the
end of each so aster, commencing with the date of oomneroial
discovery of oil, dallTer to the Government anjf abstract of such
accounts for the i aaoster, and a statement of the account of
royalties due the Government for the semester* These accounts
and statements should be treated as confidential by the Govern
ment, with the exception of such items therein as the Government
may require to publish for fiscal purposes.
The royalties due the Government at the end of each semester
coiSMeneiiig with the date of com ercial discovery of oil, shall
be paid within three months after the end of the semester, such
portion of the amount as may# be unquestioned shall be Janata*
tendered the G venuae&t within the period hereinabove, and
thereupon the question shell be settled by agreement between
the parties, or felling that by arbitration as provided in this
contract. *uiy further sum which may be payable to the Govern
ment as a result of this settlement shall be paid within sixty
days after the date of such settlement*
ArtllolS.
It is agreed that all gold payments provided in this
contract, whether pounds gold or shillings gold, are to be
based on the gold pound standard accordingvto its weight and
fineness at ihe ti»ie the payment may be is^de* It is uliio
agreed that wherever it is stipulated in this contract the
equivalent of any sum or amount in pounds gold or in shiJL Inge
gold may be paid, such equivalent may be in dollars in United
States currency, or pounds sterling*
It is agreed furthermore that the equivalent of pounds
gold or shillings gold, for any xxjnn payment which may be
made hereunder in dollars. United i^tetes currency or in pounds
sterling (with the exception of the first payment provided for
in Article 16 hereof) shall be based on the average of the rats
of exchange as computed over a period of three months immediate
ly preceding the due date of the payretjut*
article !& •
All payments provided in this contract to be made to the
Joveraiaent may be made by tendering such payment diroctly^o
the Goverment, or by depositing the a&ouut due t tht> credit
yf the Govaraaent in some Bank which the Government designates
In writing and which the Government may change from ti e to
fctra. by giving written not ao to the Comp ly lon« ®"°^ la
tdvanoe eo that Cob any will have auffieient t* o to -®
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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)
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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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- Title
- 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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