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 48/76 Regarding the Signing of Foreign and Domestic Financial Transactions,
and the Oil Purchase Agreement signed between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and Gulf Oil Company on 9 February 1976,
and in order to achieve the public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Oil, and Minerals is hereby authorised the right to agree to repeal the text of article 13(1) of the mentioned Oil Purchase Agreement and replace it with the following text:
The English translation is as follows:
Article 13(1)
The Laws, regulations and orders of the Sultanate of Oman relating to the destination of crude oil from time to time in force, shall apply to Buyers with respect to the export of petroleum purchased hereunder.
Article 2
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 21 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1397
Corresponding to: 3 November 1977
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 137 issued on 15 November 1977.