Red Line Agreement
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The Red Line Agreement was a 1928 pact among major Western oil companies that divided up oil exploration and production rights within the former Ottoman Empire, shaping Middle Eastern petroleum politics for decades.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red Line Agreement canonical | 3 |
| Red Line Pact | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10766843 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Red Line Agreement Context triple: [Turkish Petroleum Company, involvedIn, Red Line Agreement]
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A.
BRUSA Agreement
The BRUSA Agreement was a World War II-era intelligence-sharing pact between the United States and the United Kingdom that laid the foundation for modern Anglo-American signals intelligence cooperation.
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B.
Skhirat Agreement
The Skhirat Agreement is a 2015 UN-brokered political deal aimed at ending Libya’s civil conflict by establishing a unified Government of National Accord.
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C.
Taif Agreement
The Taif Agreement is the 1989 accord that restructured Lebanon’s political system, ended the Lebanese Civil War, and reasserted the country’s sovereignty with a new power-sharing framework.
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D.
US–UK Polaris Sales Agreement
The US–UK Polaris Sales Agreement was a landmark Cold War defense pact under which the United States supplied Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missile systems to the United Kingdom, underpinning Britain’s sea-based nuclear deterrent.
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E.
Rio Protocol
The Rio Protocol is a 1942 peace and border agreement between Peru and Ecuador that sought to definitively settle their long-standing territorial disputes in the Amazon region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Red Line Agreement Target entity description: The Red Line Agreement was a 1928 pact among major Western oil companies that divided up oil exploration and production rights within the former Ottoman Empire, shaping Middle Eastern petroleum politics for decades.
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A.
BRUSA Agreement
The BRUSA Agreement was a World War II-era intelligence-sharing pact between the United States and the United Kingdom that laid the foundation for modern Anglo-American signals intelligence cooperation.
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B.
Skhirat Agreement
The Skhirat Agreement is a 2015 UN-brokered political deal aimed at ending Libya’s civil conflict by establishing a unified Government of National Accord.
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C.
Taif Agreement
The Taif Agreement is the 1989 accord that restructured Lebanon’s political system, ended the Lebanese Civil War, and reasserted the country’s sovereignty with a new power-sharing framework.
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D.
US–UK Polaris Sales Agreement
The US–UK Polaris Sales Agreement was a landmark Cold War defense pact under which the United States supplied Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missile systems to the United Kingdom, underpinning Britain’s sea-based nuclear deterrent.
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E.
Rio Protocol
The Rio Protocol is a 1942 peace and border agreement between Peru and Ecuador that sought to definitively settle their long-standing territorial disputes in the Amazon region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartel agreement
ⓘ
international economic agreement ⓘ oil agreement ⓘ |
| affectedCountry |
Iraq
ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
coordinate oil exploration among Western companies
ⓘ
maintain control over Middle Eastern oil ⓘ prevent competitive bidding for oil concessions ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Red Line Pact
ⓘ
linked to:
Red Line Agreement
|
| appliesToRegion |
Middle East
ⓘ
former Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linked to:
Ottoman Empire
|
| basedOnCompany | Turkish Petroleum Company ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | oil cartel arrangement ⓘ |
| concernsActivity |
oil exploration
ⓘ
oil production ⓘ |
| concernsIndustry | petroleum industry ⓘ |
| createdFrom | breakup of Turkish Petroleum Company ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1928-07-31 ⓘ |
| declineReason |
changing political conditions in Middle East
ⓘ
emergence of independent oil companies in Middle East ⓘ |
| definesBoundaryAs | red line on map of former Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| establishedPrinciple | no independent operations within red line without consent of all partners ⓘ |
| excludesRegion |
Arabian Peninsula outside former Ottoman Empire
ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ Iran ⓘ Kuwait ⓘ |
| historicalImpact |
contributed to dominance of Western oil majors in region
ⓘ
shaped Middle Eastern petroleum politics for decades ⓘ |
| inForceUntil | 1948 ⓘ |
| involvedCountry |
France
ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ Ottoman Empire (successor states) ⓘ
linked to:
Ottoman Empire
United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| involvedPerson | Calouste Gulbenkian ⓘ |
| legalStatus | private commercial agreement ⓘ |
| regulates | concessions of Turkish Petroleum Company ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Achnacarry Agreement
ⓘ
Iraq Petroleum Company ⓘ San Remo Oil Agreement ⓘ |
| signatoryCompany |
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
ⓘ
Calouste Gulbenkian ⓘ Compagnie Française des Pétroles ⓘ
linked to:
TotalEnergies
Near East Development Corporation ⓘ Royal Dutch Shell ⓘ |
| signedIn | Ostend ⓘ |
| signedInCountry | Belgium ⓘ |
| yearSigned | 1928 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Red Line Agreement Description of subject: The Red Line Agreement was a 1928 pact among major Western oil companies that divided up oil exploration and production rights within the former Ottoman Empire, shaping Middle Eastern petroleum politics for decades.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Red Line Agreement