Agreement between American Independent Oil Company AMINOIL and Ruler of Kuwait on oil concessions in Saudi Arabian Neutral Zone

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Arrangements for payment of the royalties for the exports of oil by American Independent Oil Company (AMINOIL) from the Kuwait-Saudi Neutral Zone, and the question of whether oil from the Neutral Zone should be marketed for dollars or for sterling (1, 3-4)
• HMG's agreement to the proposed Aminoil operations on the islands of Qaru [Qaruh] and Umm Al Maradim, as they have rejected the claim made a year ago by the Saudi Arabian Government to these islands (2)
• Account of the Saudi reaction to the proposed agreement between Aminoil and Pacific Western (5)
• Exchange of letters between Aminoil, Abdulla Mulla and the Kuwait Oil Company about the grant of a concession to Aminoil of certain rights in Kuwait to enable them to take Neutral Zone oil out through Mina Al Abdullah [Mina Abdulla], Aminoil's port south of Mina Al Ahmadi. It includes a map of the Mina Abdulla reservation (6)
• Confirmation that Mr Getty of Pacific Western has informed MacPherson of Aminoil that the Saudi Arabian Government do not recognise Kuwait's claim to Umm Al Maradim and Qaruh (7)
• Various issues raised regarding the Inter-Company Agreement between Aminoil and Pacific Western relating to the production of oil in the Neutral Zone (8)
• Proposed supplementary agreement between Aminoil and the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah (9)
• Exchange of letters about the Kuwait Oil Company withdrawing their claim to the islands of Kubr, Qaruh and Umm Al Maradim, where Aminoil was granted a concession in 1949 (10)
• Aminoil's enquiry into the use of sterling in local operations, due to them experiencing some difficulty in selling their oil (11)
• Question of how to advise the Ruler of Kuwait regarding the draft supplementary agreement to Aminoil's concession (12, 14)
• Application from Aminoil to use a specified area of land and sea for the oil terminal at Mina Abdulla. It includes maps of the Mina Abdulla reservation (13, 15)