'File 5/1 XI Kuwait Oil Company' [‎133r] (270/452)

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This is an AGREEMENT made at
Kuwait on the
in the year 193 corresponding to
day of 135
between His Excellency Shaikh
Sir Ahmed al-Jabir as - Subah, Knight
Commander of the Most Eminent Order
of the Indian Empire and Companion of
the Most Exalted Order of the Star of
India, the SHAIKH OF KUWAIT in the
excercise of his powers as Ruler of Kuwait
on his own behalf and in the name of and
on behalf of his heirs and successors in
whom is or shall be vested for the time
being the responsibility for the control and
government ot the State of Kuwait ( here
inafter called “ the Shaikh ” ) and the
KUWAIT OIL COMPANY LIMITED a
Company registered in Great Britain under
the Companies Act, 1929, its successors
and assigns ( hereinafter called “ the
Company ”).
Article 1 . — The Shaikh hereby
grants to the Company the exclusive right
to explore search drill for produce and
win natural gas asphalt ozokerite crude
petroleum and their products and cognate
substances (hereinafter referred to as “petrol
eum ) within the State of Kuwait including
all islands and territorial waters appertaining
to Kuwait as shown generally on the map
annexed hereto, the exclusive ownership
of all petroleum produced and won by
the Company within the State of Kuwait
the right to refine transport sell for use
within the State of Kuwait or for export
and export or otherwise deal with or
dispose of any and all such petroleum
and the right to do all things necessary
for the purposes of those operations. The
Company undertakes however that it will
not carry on any of its operations within
areas occupied by or devoted to the pur
poses of mosques sacred buildings or
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