The Saudi government gave concession to Standard Oil of California (Socal) to compete with a rival bid from the Iraq Petroleum Company - The concession allowed Socal to explore for oil in Saudi Arabia.
However In 1936, Socal had no success at locating oil, therefore the Texas Oil Company (Texaco) purchased a 50% stake of the concession to explore and exploit oil in Saudi Arabia.
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