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FCO 8/1781 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31
16 July 1953 4. Letter from HMG to Concessionaire undertaking not to object to

transfer of Concession to a company registered in the
Commonwealth.

22 March 1955 s.

Agreement signed between HMG, D'Arcy Exploration Co and
Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Ltd (ADMA) agreeing to the transfer of
the Concession at (1) above to ADMA.

10 May 1960 6. Letter from HMG to ADMA waiving right of preemption under the
BA 1534/37/59 Political Agreement.

31 August 1964 7. Letter from the Ruler to ADMA confirming that territorial

waters of Abu Dhabi are 3 miles, and reserving the right to
charge them but "without prejudice to the determination of
the limits of the oil concessions".

10 November 1966 Agreement signed between the Ruler and ADMA revising the original
BT 1532/20 8. Concession Agreement (1), but not altering the Concession Area

except in so far as the revised Agreement provides for
relinquishments of 15% every three years of non proven parts of
the area.

10 January 1967 9. Relinquishment by ADMA of two areas within their concession
BT 12/1 (22) area, in accordance with Agreement of 10 November 1966 ( 8

These areas described by plotted points and a map.

20 March 1969 10. Sea Boundary Agreement between Qatar and Abu Dhabi providing

(inter alia) for the Bundug oil field to be shared equally
between both parties but exploited by ADMA in accordance with
their concession agreement with Abu Dhabi, but with Royalties
etc going to both governments.

4 April 1969 11. Letter from P A Abu Dhabi to the Ruler taking note of ( lo

above.

5 May 1969

12. Letter to ADMA from the Ruler informing them that the Abu Dhabi/

Qatar sea boundary agreement does not affect ADMA's concession
in respect of the Bunduq oil field.

8 October 1969 13. Exchange of letters between the Ruler and ADMA providing for
NBT 12/2 (36) the relinquishment of certain areas defined by a schedule and

map.

21 May 1970
NBT 1255 (33)

14 Letter from FCO to ADMA approving a proposal to assign ADMA'S

rights and obligations in respect of the Bunduq structure to
the Bunduq Company Ltd, provided that the Bunduq Company accepts
the terms of the Political Agreement between HMG and ADMA.

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