'Sultanate of Muscat and Oman [Oil concession agreement]'

Title:

'Sultanate of Muscat and Oman [Oil concession agreement]'

Date:

1937/1937

Description:

Abstract: The file is concerned with an agreement relating to an oil concession at Muscat, which was made between Sultan Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, and Petroleum Concessions Limited on 24 June 1937. The agreement details the terms and conditions of the concession including the price to be paid to the Sultan by the company, the areas within which the company can drill for oil, and the rights to which the company will and will not have in undertaking their work. An amendment to the agreement is included on the final folio, and includes a prohibition against the importation of firearms by the company or its employees and a further prohibition against the importation and consumption of alcohol, except by foreign subjects (those who were not citizens of the Sultanate).The agreement was signed by the Sultan; Ralph Ponsonby Watts, Political Agent and HBM's Consul at Muscat; and Basil Henry Lermitte, on behalf of Petroleum Concessions Limited; on the 24 June 1937.Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 10; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Concessions, Oil, Muscat

Geographic region:

Muscat

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00001b_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00001b_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B465
IOR/L/PS/18/B465

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