We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,
the Oil and Minerals Law issued by Royal Decree 42/74,
the letter of the Minister of Oil and Gas 3/3/42/99 dated 7 April 1999, acknowledging the assignment by Occidental Petroleum (Oman) Limited of some of its rights and obligations in the petroleum agreement signed on 29 September 1997 to its subsidiary Occidental Oman Inc, which accepts this assignment,
and the agreement dated 11 April 1999 between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and Occidental Oil and Gas (Oman) Limited and Occidental Oman Inc on the amendment of the mentioned petroleum agreement,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The amendment dated 11 April 1999 to the petroleum agreement signed on 15 June 1998 between the Government of the Sultanate and Occidental Oil and Gas (Oman) Limited and Occidental Oman Inc 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: 17 Jumada Al-Akhirah 1420
Corresponding to: 27 September 1999
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 656 issued on 2 October 1999.