Word: ibn
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia was in trouble. The war had cut off the annual Moslem pilgrimages to Mecca, a prime source of his revenue. Ibn Saud needed cash, and he thought the quickest way to get it was to ask Arabian American Oil Co., which held the rich Saudi Arabian oil concession, to fork over an extra $6,000,000 a year. Aramco balked. But in far-off New York was a man who thought he could fix things...
Between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, by the Persian Gulf, lies the "neutral zone"-a condominium of Arabia's King Ibn Saud and Kuwait's Sheik Sir Ahmad al Jabir-al-Subah. There, last week, business looked cracking good...
...concession in Ibn Saud's half of the neutral zone, California's independent Oilman J. Paul Getty offered a reported $9,000,000 down, a minimum royalty of $1,000,000 a year, a royalty of 55? a barrel, and a 25% interest in the company. This was so much more than any other company offered that oilmen were aghast. Furthermore, the world oil supply was already so ample that U.S. imports from the Middle East and Venezuela are being cut back. Last week there were signs that gasoline prices might soon be coming down. In view...
...Provided He Settle." During the war years (which he spent partly in the U.S. working on the synthetic rubber program), Weizmann listened hopefully to the friendly reassurances of Churchill and Roosevelt, and with special interest to Churchill's proposition that King Ibn Saud after the war be "made lord of the Middle East . . . provided he settle with...
...independent was Independent? Ten U.S. oil companies ponied up its $10 million capital. The State Department smoothed the path to the Sheikh of Kuweit, joint owner with Saudi Arabia's Ibn Saud of the Arabian desert's "neutral zone," where Independent's oil concession lies. State also passed the word that Independent was its chosen instrument for the "neutral zone" oil lands. And Arabian American Oil Co., in neighboring Saudi Arabia, was ready to let Independent use the projected 1,100-mile pipeline to the Mediterranean...