We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of Royal Decree 26/75 Issuing the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State and its amendments,
Royal Decree 42/74 Issuing the Oil and Minerals Law,
the assignment by International Energy Development Corporation, B.V. of all its rights and obligations in the agreement to its subsidiary, IEDC (Oman) LTD, which in turn assigned 50% of its total mentioned rights and obligations to the Kuwaiti company, KUFPEC,
and the acceptance by the Kuwaiti company KUFPEC of this assignment,
and the approval of the Minister of Oil and Minerals of the mentioned assignments, as set out in his letters dated 12 October 1982 and 2 November 1983, respectively,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
The assignment by IEDC (Oman) of 50% of its rights and obligations in the mentioned petroleum agreement to KUFPEC is hereby approved, so that the shares of the companies in the agreement become as follows:
| 1. ELF Company | 25% |
| 2. Sumitomo | 25% |
| 3. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation | 25% |
| 4. IEDC Oman Company | 12.5% |
| 5. KUFPEC | 12.5% |
The provisions of article 21 of the agreement apply to this assignment.
Article 2
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 20 Jumada Al-Awwal 1404
Corresponding to: 22 February 1984
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 283 issued on 1 March 1984.
