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,
and the petroleum agreement between the Government of the Sultanate and a group of companies, Elf Petroleum Oman, Sumitomo Petroleum Development Company Limited, and Wintershall AG, signed on 9 December 1995 between the Minister of Oil and Minerals representing the Government of the Sultanate and the mentioned companies,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The mentioned petroleum agreement signed on 9 December 1995 between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the group of companies Elf Petroleum Oman, Sumitomo Petroleum Development Company Limited, and Wintershall AG is hereby approved.
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 3 Sha’ban 1416
Corresponding to: 25 December 1995
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 566 issued on 1 January 1996.