OilWeb Table of Contents

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

	UNCLOS full text and annexes, in several files, also PDF
	Overview - UNCLOS & Related Agreements (UN Web Site commentary)
	Ratification status of each country (PDF)

1971 Seabed Boundary Treaty (Australia-Indonesia), also PDF

1973 Supplementary Agreement on Timor Sea boundaries (Australia-Indonesia), also PDF

1989 Timor Gap Treaty (Australia-Indonesia) also PDF

1994 Agreement relating to UNCLOS Part XI (international waters and resources) (Australia)

1997 Treaty on EEZ and Seabed Boundaries (Australia-Indonesia), also PDF

February 2000 Exchange of Notes (Australia-UNTAET), also PDF

July 2001 MOU on Timor Sea Arrangement (Australia-UNTAET), also PDF

May 2002 Timor Sea Treaty (Australia-East Timor), also PDF, including

	Exchange of notes from East Timor to Australia and  from Australia to East Timor
	MOU concerning Unitisation Agreement for Greater Sunrise
	Translations of these documents into Bahasa Indonesia and Portuguese

March 2003 International Unitisation Agreement for Greater Sunrise field, also PDF with

MOU on annual payments from Australia to East Timor

Australian government Declarations and National Impact Analyses (NIA) (from Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, all PDFs)

	NIA on unratified 1997 EEZ treaty with Indonesia
	Press release from Australian government announcing withdrawal
	Declaration of withdrawal from UNCLOS dispute settlement (3-02) NIA on UNCLOS withdrawal (3-02)
	Declaration of withdrawal from ICJ (3-02) NIA on ICJ Withdrawal (3-02)
	NIAs on Timor Sea Treaty (5-02),  Exchange of notes (5-02)
	NIA on Sunrise International Unitisation Agreement (3-03)

Commentary and documents on history and treaties

Media report on Timor Gap contracts signed in 1991

ETAN's East Timor Documents on the Timor Gap case (Portugal v. Australia) in the ICJ, 1995 (PDF)

Report of Australian Parliamentary inquiry into Timor Gap Treaty in 2000 (PDF), with maps (PDF)

The last frontier: Australia’s maritime territories and the policing of Indonesian fishermen. By Ruth Balint, 1999

Ramiro Paz memo to Mari Alkatiri February 2001

APPEA Address by Ambassador Peter Galbraith April 2001

Lowe-Carleton-Ward legal opinion on East Timor's Exclusive Economic Zone, commissioned by Petro Timor, April 2002. also PDF

UNTAET Fact Sheet on Timor Gap April 02, also PDF

East Timorese NGOs write East Timor's Parliament (13 June 2002)

History of Timor Sea developments by Robert King, former Australian parliamentary researcher, July 2002. also PDF

Bounty v. Boundaries (PDF) by Jim Mellor, August 2002. Executive Summary

East Timor Maritime Boundaries law text (enacted 20 September 2002)

Transcript of Downer-Alkatiri meeting in Dili 27 November 2002, with Downer comments 6 March 2003.

Spatial Allocation of Continental Shelf Rights in the Timor Sea: Reflections on Maritime Delimitation and Joint Development (PDF) By Nuno Sérgio Marques Antunes, Portuguese Navy (PDF). February 2003.  Abstract

The Offshore Jurisdiction of Timor Leste in the Timor Sea, by Jeffrey Smith, March 2003.

Media articles about the first round of Australia-East Timor boundary negotiations in November 2003, and East Timor's government press release after the talks.

Media articles about Australia-East Timor negotiations during 2004

Aid, Trade and Oil: Australia's Second Betrayal of East Timor, by Tim Anderson, Journal of Australian Political Economy, December 2003 (PDF)

Australia’s Policy Towards East Timor: Australia as Regional Hegemon? by Dr. Katsumi Ishizuka, January 2004

Five position papers by Francisco Monteiro

Oxfam/CAA Australia report "Two years on…What future for an independent East Timor?" Also press release, executive summary, Department of Foreign Affairs letter to Oxfam, and Oxfam's reply.  (20 May 2004, mostly PDF)

The Case for Saving Sunrise: Advocacy paper by La'o Hamutuk (PDF) (July 2004)

The Timor Sea's Oil and Gas: What's Fair? (PDF) by Father Frank Brennan SJ for the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council (August 2004)  

Jose Ramos-Horta speech threatening to take Australia to the International Court of Justice. (November 2004)

Campaigning

Compilation of cartoons relating to boundary dispute

ETAN demonstrates in Washington January 2003.

	"Stop, Thief" ETAN leaflet, May 2003.
	100 international NGOs write John Howard, November 2003.

	Maritime Boundaries law (Law No. 7/2002 of 20 September)
	Taxation of Bayu-Undan Contractors (Law No. 3/2003 of 1 July) Explanatory Memorandum
	Timor Sea Petroleum Development (Tax Stability) (Law No. 4/2003 of 1 July)
	Proposed petroleum regime for Timor-Leste, including draft laws, public consultation and public submissions from La'o Hamutuk and others.

	JPDA Area 03-12, 2 April 2003 and amendment 16 May 2003.
	JPDA Area 03-13, 2 April 2003 and amendment 16 May 2003.
	Offshore seismic exploration contract (September 2004)

	Timor Sea Treaty,  Sunrise Unitisation,  Bayu-Undan,  Maritime boundaries (map),  Pipeline (Nov. 2003)
	Timor-Leste and the Timor Sea: The Essential Facts on maritime boundaries (Jan. 2004)
	Timor Sea Office website
	Discussion Paper on Petroleum Revenue Management (November 2004)

	Sunrise IUA talks begin (19 July 2002)
	East Timor Ratifies Timor Sea Treaty (18 December 2002)
	Sunrise International Unitisation Agreement agreed and signed (5&6 March 2003)
	Timor Sea Treaty enters into force (2 April 2003)
	War-weary East Timor knows no boundaries (16 April 2003 Alkatiri column in Austr. Financial Review)
	Asia Gas and Power interview with Mari Alkatiri (PDF, pp 8-9). (14 May 2003)
	Bayu-Undan gas agreement finalized (16 May 2003)
	Maritime Boundary talks (13 November 2003)
	Pilot production begins at Bayu-Undan (13 February 2004)
	East Timor receives $644,000 grant from USTDA to support petroleum sector. (2 March 2004)
	Prime Minister and Council of Ministers deny receiving bribes from ConocoPhillips. (4 March 2004)
	Australia is Undermining 'Greater Sunrise' Development (22 March 2004)
	Prime Minister Alkatiri voices concerns over ALP support for the International Unitisation Agreement bill (26 March 2004)
	Timor-Leste Protests Unlawful Exploitation of its Resources (31 March 2004)
	Opening Statement by Prime Minister Alkatiri at boundary talks (19 April 2004)
	DFAT Expert Supports East Timor's Maritime Rights (23 April 2004)
	Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri keynote address at the Southeast Asia Oil Conference (9 June 2004)
	Timor-Leste invites bids for offshore seismic exploration (June 2004)
	Statement from Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri following unsuccessful negotiations with Australia (27 October 2004)
	All East Timor seeks is a fair go by Mari Alkatiri, Melbourne Age (3 November 2004),
	Timor-Leste Council of Ministers passes petroleum laws (Dec. 2004)

Australian Senate Committee report on East Timor, 2000.

Background on how Australia considers treaties:

	Australia and International Treaty Making Information Kit.
	Preparing submissions for the Australian Parliament; How to make a submission
	Joint Standing Committee on Treaties agenda and members

Submissions to Joint Standing Committee on Treaties regarding the TST from East Timorese NGOs and international solidarity groups:
NGO Forum also PDF; CIITT also PDF; Lao Hamutuk also PDF; East Timor Action Network also PDF; Asia-Pacific Coalition on East Timor also PDF

Other submissions (all PDFs):

From organizations:
Australian Patriot Movement,  Job Link Joondalup,  AFFET (Rob Wesley-Smith),  AETA (Brendan Doyle),  Australian Maritime Officers Union,  Bill Fisher (AETFA-SA), Kimberly Prof Fisherman's Assn,  Partido Democratico (East Timor, also LAIFET),  LAIFET,  Australian Public Policy Research Network,  Australian Progressive Labour Party,  Stephen Langford (addendum),  Uniting Church (addendum),  AETA (Andrew McNaughtan),  Tokyo ET Assn,  Oxfam Community Aid Abroad,  Vrij Oost Timor Foundation (Netherlands),  ACTU

From oil companies:
Nexen,  Woodside,  Multiplex Construction,  Phillips Petroleum,  BP Australia,  Shell Development Australia,  Deacons PetroTimor  (addendum)

From governments:
NSW Government,  NT Government,  Queensland government

From individuals (some may speak for organizations):
Tim Anderson,  John Severino,  John Fischer MLC,  Joan Simpson,   Vivian Forbes,  Susan Harris,   Phillips Fox (Pat Brazil),   Bryan Havenhand,  Matthew Coffey,  J Eric Gassy,  Mervyn Murchie,  Brian Manning,  Toni Pollard,  Dean Bialek,  Melva Truchanas,  Robert King,  Quinton Temby,  Tim Thorne,   Robert Peters,  Jennie Stephens,  Apheda,  Jordi Robert-Ribes,  Aidan Ash,  Margaret Pollock,  Lawrence de Costa,  Catherine Smith,  Cynthia O'Keefe,  Anna McCormack,  Maryellen Flynn,  Dominick Amato,  Valsa Mathew,  Helen McCauley,  Don Stokes,  Steven Aubrey,  Peter D Jones,  Jonathan Peter,  Sheila Quonoey,  Barbara Symons,  Constance Ewald,  Ann Marshall,  Merrilyn Gates,  John Imle,  Sally McGushin,  Lindsay J Peet,  Ian Dumbrell,  Vanessa Yardley-Langridge,  Geoff McKee

Transcripts (Hansard) of committee hearings on the Timor Sea Treaty during 2002 (all PDF):
12_July    26_Aug.    2  Oct.    3  Oct.   4  Oct.    8  Oct.    14  Oct.

Report of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, November 2002 (PDF)

Transcripts (Hansard) of floor debates on the Timor Sea Treaty ratification (all PDF):
5 March 2003 House    6 March 2003 Senate    6 March 2003 House

Australian Parliament discusses and ratifies the Sunrise Unitisation Agreement (Index)

	National Impact Analysis (PDF)
	Australian Parliament JSCT hearing and report, July 2003. (PDF)

	June 2003 submissions to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties from La'o Hamutuk (also PDF),  CIITT (also PDF), and as PDF: Global Exchange,  Oxfam Community Aid Abroad,  Australians for A Free East Timor,  Australia East Timor Association,  Mr Mathew Coffey,  GA McKee and Associates Pty Ltd, Phillips Fox,  Australian Patriot Movement,  Mr Robert Peters,  and  Northern Territory Government.
	March 2004 submissions to the Senate Economics Committee from La'o Hamutuk, Oxfam, the Timor Sea Justice Campaign, Australians for a Free East Timor, Woodside Petroleum, Annette Madvig, Stanley Stork, Janet Hunt and Alan Taylor.
	Resolution by the Maritime Union of Australia
	Australian Senate public hearing (22 March 2004) and report
	Transcripts of House of Reps debate on 10 March, and Senate debates on 10, 23, 24, 25 and 29 March 2004.

	History of communications
	First round of talks many press reports and commentaries (2003). These include: Australia, E.Timor aim to divide resource-rich sea, Reuters. 7 October 2003 Anger in East Timor as Australia plays tough over gas reserves, The Guardian. 14 October 2003 Oil deal is a winner for East Timor, Letter in the Guardian from Australian High Commissioner. 20 October 2003 Australia the oil bully, Letter in the Guardian from La'o Hamutuk. 24 October 2003 Australia and East Timor begin maritime boundary talks, Associated Press. 12 November 2003 East Timor PM Accuses Australia Of Delaying Oil Talks, Associated Press. 14 November 2003 E Timor's $2.8bn oil claim, The Australian. 18 November 2003 Australia Accused of Stalling Boundary Talk, Financial Times. 27 November 2003 Coalition stretches credibility with Australia's elastic borders, James Ensor, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad, Sydney Morning Herald. 27 November 2003 Asia: Australia accused, James Irwin, Energy Compass. 5 December 2003 East Timor accuses Australia of exploiting oil reserves, ABC Radio PM. 10 December 2003 Mind the Timor gap, Andrew Hewitt, (Oxfam Community Aid Abroad), Herald Sun (Melbourne). 26 December 2003
	Press reports during 2004 E.Timor, Australia to hold April sea border talks, Reuters. 26 February 2004 Timor Sea: messy politics, Petroleum Economist, March 2004 Melbourne Age editorial: A Fair Deal for East Timor (30 March 2004) SCMP: David and Goliath battle it out over East Timor's sea of riches (1 April 2004) Nation (Thailand) editorial: Australia's greedy oil deals in E Timor (1 April 2004) New Statesman column: Bush's Sheriff by John Pilger (1 April 2004) The Timor Gap, SBS-TV Dateline (transcript) 21 April 2004 Rich Man, Poor Man, ABC-TV Four Corners (transcript) 10 May 2004 Hands Off My Petroleum (PDF), Time Magazine 10 May 2004 East Timor Oil Claim Could Hit US$6 Billion, Courier-Mail 31 May 2004 Generous Aid Equals Greater Security, The Age (opinion) 31 May 2004 Beggar Thy Neighbor: Rich Australia and poor East Timor are arguing again, The Economist, 3 June 2004 Deep Division: For East Timor, Energy Riches Lie Just Out of Reach, Wall Street Journal 10 June 2004, with responsive letters from Alexander Downer and José Ramos-Horta Oil Futures, Far Eastern Economic Review 17 June 2004 Greater Sunrise stands to lose if floating LNG plan sinks, OGN, June 2004 Oil in troubled waters – funding a Basic Income for East Timor, Online Opinion 2 July 2004 Canberra's Sea of Troubles (PDF with graphics), Far Eastern Economic Review 8 July 2004 All East Timor Seeks is a Fair Go, By Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Melbourne Age, 3 November 2004 Woodside Pulls Out of US$5.2 Billion Timor Sea Gas Project, Financial Times, 17 November 2004 East Timor Laments Likely Shelving of Timor Sea Gas Project Over Border Dispute With Australia, AP, 18 November 2004 East Timor digs in over Sunrise gas dispute, New Zealand Herald, 23 November 2004

	East Timor lobbies for Sunrise gas processing on-shore (February 2004)
	Timor Sea Justice Campaign Fact Sheet and Sunrise IUA Briefing Paper
	Australia and New Zealand agreement on permanent maritime boundary (July 2004)
	Positions relating to the Timor Sea adopted by the Victoria State and national Australian Labor Party
	Press reports during 2005

	Index of financial information, including East Timor-specific and background papers
	Index of articles on transparency and accountability
	Excerpt from World Bank report Policy Challenges for a New Nation "Oil: Blessing or Curse?", with sidebar on the Tuvalu trust fund
	RDTL National Development Plan excerpts dealing with oil revenues
	RDTL 2002-3 Combined Sources Budget excerpts dealing with oil revenues
	RDTL 2003-2004 budget excerpts, with oil revenue shortfall, May 2003.
	RDTL Mid-Year Budget Update and excerpts from RDTL and World Bank background papers and Sector Investment Plan for Timor Sea Oil, November 2003.
	La'o Hamutuk Statement to the Development Partners meeting, December 2003.
	Excerpts from May 2004 Development Partner's Meeting: Government Budget 2004-5, World Bank Background Paper,  TFET projects to support petroleum development
	Regulation and Executive Order establishing the Banking and Payments Authority
	Public Consultation on concepts for the Petroleum Fund for Timor-Leste, with government's discussion paper, presentations, and submissions by La'o Hamutuk, LABEH/CIITT, CAFOD/Global Witness, Dr. Martin Sandbu (Columbia University), and the World Bank.

	Company index
	La'o Hamutuk Bulletin overview of companies
	Timor Gap company database (ETAN 1999)

	Phillips     Bayu-Undan   Specification
	Woodside Laminaria       Specification
	BHP          Buffalo           Specification
	Woodside    Sunrise    Specification

	2001 Annual report (PDF)
	2001 Fact Book (PDF)
	2002 Annual Report (PDF)
	2002 Fact Book (PDF)
	First quarter 2003 interim Report (PDF)
	Form 10Q Quarterly Report for 3Q 2002 to U.S. government (PDF)
	Form 10K Annual Report for 2002 to U.S. government (PDF)
	2003 Annual Meeting Proxy Statement (PDF)
	Earnings report for fourth quarter and all of 2003
	Phillips Submission to Australian Parliament (PDF) on Timor Sea Treaty

	Bayu-Undan: Catalyst for a New Energy Province by Phillips CEO Mulva at Australia Petroleum Conference (2000)
	Bayu-Undan gas and condensate field, Bonaparte Basin, technical information from APPEA (2000)
	Much information on Bayu-Undan, including:

	Photographs of Bayu-Undan project (2003)
	Many media reports relating to Bayu-Undan developments
	Phillips and Multiplex sign pipeline agreement (2000, PDF)
	Phillips Pipeline feasibility report (1997)
	Conoco-Phillips merger: "A New Global Power" presentation (12-2001, PDF), "New Expectations" from Phillips CEO Jim Mulva (4-2002, PDF)
	Press release "Jobs and Revenue Already Flowing from Bayu-Undan" (9-2002, PDF). Indonesian translation.
	2004 Capital Budget approved (Dec. 2003)
	ConocoPhillips replaces 106% of 2003 production (Jan. 2004)
	ConocoPhillips Earnings report for fourth quarter and all of 2003
	ConocoPhillips says plans $6.9-bil in 2005 capital spending (Dec. 2004)

From the company:

2002 Annual Report (PDF)

	Meeting the Energy Challenge: The Shell Report 2002 (PDF)
	Financial and Operational Information 1998–2002 (PDF)
	Shell Australia submission to Australian Parliament (PDF)
	Shell in the Middle East Online
	Shell Fourth Quarter 2003 and full year press release and financial results, PDF)

How others see them

	Bastards of the Universe:  The Oil Industry, Ecological Destruction and Genocide website
	Shell/Oxy and Uwa
	Shell's Top Executive Forced to Step Down (NYT 4 March 2004)
	Enhancing the Social Performance of Engineering Services Contractors: Learning from AMEC’s Oil and Gas Asset Support Operations in the Asia-Pacific Region, with case-study on the Shell ‘Malampaya’ Gas-to-Power Project by Engineers Against Poverty and Overseas Development Institute, November 2004

Woodside Australian Energy

Woodside's 2002 annual report is not available on-line in one file. The following files contain much of the same information, from the company:

	2000 Annual report (PDF) 2001 Annual report excerpts, Complete report (PDF), Financial report (PDF), Board of Directors, corporate information
	Exploration and Production Interests table (PDF) and map (PDF)
	2001 Financial report (PDF)
	Table of hydrocarbon reserves 2000-2001, another version
	Presentation: 2001 Annual results (PDF)
	Five-year (1997-2001) study

	Woodside submission to Australian Parliament
	Press release: Laminaria Phase II sees First Oil (6-2002)
	Sunrise Gas project update 6-2002 (PDF)
	2002 Annual Report, Financial Report and Ten-year summary
	Shaping Up for Growth" Investor briefing, Dec. 2002
	Woodside Welcomes Timor Sea Agreements press release, March 2003
	The State of the Nation's Oil and Gas presentation, March 2003
	Greater Sunrise LNG Development presentation, March 2003
	Dili conference presentation, March 2003
	Investor Briefing -- 2003 First Half results. August 2003. (PDF)
	Investor Briefing -- U.S. Roadshow. November 2003. Also Commitment to Growth, Gas Strategy, Australian Gas.( all PDF)
	LH analysis of how much money Australia has made from Laminaria-Corallina
	Investor Briefing on 2003 results.  February 2004. (PDF)
	Reserves Statement.  February 2004. (PDF)
	Woodside Concise Financial Report for 2003. Woodside Full Financial Report for  2003. (PDF) Appendix 4E of Preliminary Final Report for 2003. (PDF)
	Woodside Reports Net Profit of A$527 Million ASX statement. (PDF)
	Woodside Concise Annual Report for 2003. February 2004. (PDF)
	Woodside to Study Pipeline Option from Sunrise to East Timor (news report, 10 March 2004)
	Woodside gives up on Greater Sunrise (three articles, July-November 2004)
	Woodside announces deal with Iraqi government (Nov. 2004)

PetroTimor (Index)

La'o Hamutuk Bulletin sidebar on PetroTimor

In March, 2002, Petro Timor held a seminar in Dili. Here are the presentations, as PDF slide shows:

	Oceanic Exploration introduction, boundary issues (Karsten Blue, Christopher Ward)
	EEZ economic impact (Geoff McKee)  Supplementary presentation on methodology and tax rates.
	Pipeline and markets (John Imle)

	Lowe-Carleton-Ward legal opinion commissioned by Petro Timor in April 2002, also PDF
	PetroTimor letter to ET parliament, June 2002, recommending strategy. It included an opinion by Sydney Lawyer Christopher Ward.
	Submission to Australian Parliament by Deacons for PetroTimor, with a subsequent submission responding to Patrick Brazil's submission
	Intec study on the feasibility of a pipeline to East Timor, commissioned by Petro Timor
	Australian Federal Court dismissal of PetroTimor's case on jurisdictional grounds.
	PetroTimor lawsuit complaint against ConocoPhillips and TSDA filed in US Court March 2004.

Eni

Overview of Eni corporation

	From Annual report: Fact Book 2001(PDF),  Exploration and Production 2001 (PDF),   Development Projects 2001(PDF),  Financials, first quarter 2002 (PDF)
	Eni preliminary results for 2003, PDF.  Article Italians (Eni) may say arrivederci to Bayu

Santos

	Hoovers Online profile of Santos
	2001 Annual Report (PDF)
	2002 Annual Report (PDF)
	Earnings report for 2003 (February 2004)
	Reserves Review and Profit Forecast, January 2002 (PDF)
	Description of Bayu-Undan Condensate properties
	Map of Santos exploration in the Timor Sea
	Press release welcoming Timor Sea Treaty entry into force, March 2003 (PDF)
	Press release on final Bayu-Undan approval (June 2003)
	Projections for Bayu-Undan production (December 2003)
	Documents from Santos: Santos Focus On Moomba, Timor Sea (AFR, January 2004)
	Press release on first condensate shipment from Bayu-Undan (31 March 2004)

Kerr-McGee Corporation

2002 Annual Report Part A (PDF) and Part B (Financial Review) (PDF)

Other companies

	Osaka Gas Corporate Profile (August 2003), PDF
	Paladin Resources background and 2003 Annual Report
	Information about Bechtel Corporation, main contractor for the Wickham Point LNG plant.  PDF.
	Press reports about forced resignation of top officials of Norwegian Statoil after a bribery scandal (Sept. 2003).

Oilwatch Network information about collateral damage and resistance

	Oilwatch presentation to East Timorese NGOs in May 2002
	Poem: We thought it was oil, but it was blood
	Maps: Oil and War, Resistance

	Indonesia (plus Papua and Aceh) Jatam presentation and Powerpoint Indonesia’s Oil and Gas Industry and  the Resistance to Transnational  Companies, September 2003.
	Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, PNG, Cambodia)
	Other Asia (China, Afghanistan, Iraq) Considerations For the Management Of Oil In Iraq by Human Rights Watch (April 2003, PDF) It's the Oil, Stupid by Michael Klare, May 2003. Also PDF Iraq Occupation Report: Control of Oil Revenues by Michael Renner, September 2003 (PDF) Iraq: the petroleum exploration and production handbook by Michael A.G. Bunter (PDF)

Africa

	Nigeria HRW Reports on Nigeria: The Price of Oil: Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights Violations in Nigeria’s Oil Producing Communities (Jan. 1999) also PDF The Niger Delta: No Democratic Dividend (October 2002, PDF) Testing Democracy: Political Violence in Nigeria  (April 2003, also PDF)
	Report on East Timorese civil society visit to Nigeria (January 2004), also PDF
	Poverty Reduction or Poverty Exacerbation? World Bank Group Support for Extractive Industries in Africa, by Scott Pegg, April 2003. (PDF)
	Global Witness reports a crude awakening: The Role of the Oil and Banking Industries in Angola’s Civil War and the Plunder of State Assets (PDF, 1999) and All the President's Men (PDF, 2002)
	The Mineral Industries of Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome (PDF), 2002
	Model petroleum revenue management law from Sao Tome and Principe

Latin America (Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela)

Issue Papers (index)

	ESCAP study Natural and Mineral Resources Inventory, Policy and Development Strategy: East Timor, 2002.  Executive Summary and two of the resultant reports: Mineral - Hydrocarbon Database and Bibliography of the Geology of East Timor (PDF) Economic Geology, Development Strategy and Capacity Building (PDF) Formulation of National Mineral Policy, Legislation and Regulatory Framework for the Democratic Republic of East Timor, and the draft Mines and Minerals Management law (PDF)
	Geology and Mineral Resources of Timor-Leste, ESCAP Atlas of Mineral Resources, 2003 (PDF)
	East Timor eyes Chinese survey of onshore petroleum resources
	International Conference on Opportunities and Challenges for Oil & Gas and Mining Sectors in Timor-Leste, Dili, March 2003. Papers presented include The Petroleum Potential of Onshore Timor Leste by Tim Charlton The Offshore Jurisdiction of Timor Leste in the Timor Sea, by Jeffrey Smith Hydrocarbons in the Timor Sea by Myra Keep. Also PowerPoint slides. The Timor Trough by Nick Hoffman. Also PowerPoint slides. Energy Sector Organization by Rich Ruggierio PowerPoint slides. JPDA Past Activity; Future Opportunities and Challenges by Nick Kyranis. Also PowerPoint slides. Regulation of Health, Safety and Environment in the JPDA by Jeremy Dunster. Also PowerPoint slides and PDF. This paper includes reference materials: WA Dept of Minerals and Energy (2001) Piper Alpha Conway. D., Salazar, V and Byrd. S. (1999) Piper Alpha: The Disaster and Beyond U.S. EPA (1999) Exxon Valdez 1999 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Plan – Update on injured resources and services Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council 2001 Status Report Wilkinson, P (2002) Safety Cases: Success or Failure? Carpignano. A, Romagnoli. R., and Vivalda. C. (1999) Moving towards an international approach to safety case development IMO (c1999) Safety Management IACS (2003) ISM) Code list McHolick, B. (1999) Safety in a Low Cost Environment - Problem or Opportunity? OGP (2002) Safety Performance of the Global E&P industry - 2001 OGP Summary of Environmental Performance Indicators – paper – 2001 data E&P Forum, and UNEP IE (1997) Environmental Management in oil and gas extraction and production – An overview of issues and management approaches OGP & IPECA (2002) The oil and Gas Industry from Rio to Johannesburg and beyond – Contributing to sustainable development APPEA (2002) Health, Safety, Environment and Social Responsibility Report – 2001 Australia Dept ISR  - Offshore Safety and Security, Petroleum and Electricity Division (2001) Australian Offshore Petroleum Safety Case Review Australia Dept ISR - Offshore Safety and Security, Petroleum and Electricity Division (2000) Stakeholder Survey - Report of the Independent Review Team Smedvig Offshore AS (2002) Regulatory Requirements project 2001-2002 (NPD vs HSE) Woodside presentation to the conference by James Kernaghan PowerPoint slides. Timor Leste as a Potential LNG Exporter, by John Imle. Accompanying PowerPoint slides. Supplementary PowerPoint slides.

	Oilwatch papers presented to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, South Africa, December 2002: Bali principles of Climate Justice (Oilwatch on global warming, WSSD 12-2002) Oil and War: The artifices of 20th Century History (Oilwatch on global warming, WSSD 12-2002) Moratorium on new Oil Activities (Oilwatch proposal to WSSD 12-2002)
	BP World Energy Review 2007: Full report, workbook, slidepack. June 2007
	Introduction to Climate Change (Powerpoint) presentation from international conference on Climate Change, Dili, November 2003
	Blood Diamonds and Oil (New Scientist article, 5-02)
	How Does Natural Resource Wealth Influence Civil War? (PDF) 43-page academic paper, 12-01 by Michael Ross.  By the same author, less academic: Oil, Drugs, and Diamonds: How Do Natural Resources Vary in their Impact on Civil War?

	Extractive Sectors and the Poor (PDF) by Oxfam, 10-01. Executive Summary.
	Papers from the Petropolitics conference in Washington: all PDF (January 2004) Bush-Cheney Energy Strategy: Procuring the Rest of the World’s Oil Global Warming Backgrounder Fueling Conflict; The Global Record Toward A Global Energy Transition
	Oil: A Life Cycle Analysis of its Health and Environmental Impacts by Paul R. Epstein and Jesse Selber of the Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment, 2003.
	IAGC Marine Geophysical Safety Manual

	East Timor's Resource Curse? by Lee J.M. Seymour in Far Eastern Economic Review (Nov. 2000)
	Statement by Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri at Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, London, June 2003.

	The Blessed Curse by Quinton Temby, New Internationalist, October 2003
	Papers presented at the Transparency and Accountability in Government workshop, Dili, 22-25 March 2004 Opening Remarks by President Xanana Gusmão.   Portuguese    Tetum Oil & Gas Explorations: Implications to Timor-Leste by Francisco Monteiro, Office of the President of RDTL. PowerPoint Can Timor Leste Avoid the Resource Curse? by Charles Scheiner, La'o Hamutuk. PowerPoint  [updated Slide presentation on East Timor and the Resource Curse, by La'o Hamutuk, Yale University (November 2004)]
	'Resource curse' holds no fears for newest petro-economy by Jose Ramos-Horta in The Australian (Aug. 2004)
	Proposed East Timor petroleum legislation: Summary, Draft Petroleum Act,  Draft Petroleum Tax Act, Draft Production Sharing Contract, Draft Production Sharing Contract for the JPDA, Draft Petroleum Mining Code for the JPDA
	Proposed East Timor petroleum fund to manage revenues: Overview (with many other links) Draft Policy Paper, La'o Hamutuk submission, draft Petroleum Fund Act
	Extractive Industry Transparency in Timor-Leste: Limitations in Practice, by La'o Hamutuk to World Bank EITI Implementation Meeting (Feb. 2005). PDF

General

	Oil Funds: Answer to the Paradox of Plenty? Policy Brief on Oil Revenue Monitoring Plans:  Comparison Across Countries, from Friend of the Earth, 3-02
	Transparency International's Corruption Fighters Toolkit, 2002 (PDF)
	Phasing Out International Financial Institutions Financing for Fossil Fuel and Mining Projects: Demanding Local Community Self-Determination, by Friends of the Earth International, January 2002.
	Empowering Communities Through Corporate Transparency: International Right to Know (PDF)
	Publish What You Pay NGO initiative on mandatory reporting of what oil and mining companies pay to governments (many documents in several languages).
	Rough Guide to Transparency and Natural Resource Revenues, briefing paper from CAFOD.  PDF
	Caspian Oil Windfalls: Who Will Benefit? 236-page report and overview (both PDF) from Caspian Revenue Watch.
	Bottom of the Barrel: Africa's Oil Boom and the Poor. Report by Catholic Relief Services, 2003. Summary (PDF)   Full Report (PDF) Portuguese
	Lifting the Resource Curse: Extractive industry, children and governance from Save the Children, UK. 2003 (PDF)
	Model petroleum revenue management law from Sao Tome and Principe
	Time for Transparency: Coming clean on oil, mining and gas revenues by Global Witness. Entire paper(PDF)
	Fuelling poverty: Oil, war and corruption report by Christian Aid, December 2003. Full report PDF.
	Resource Impact: A Curse or a Blessing? by Prof. Paul Stevens, Univ. of Dundee, Scotland (April 2003)
	Corruption: Murky Business in Oil by Miren Gutierrez, Inter Press Service (Aug. 2003)
	The Oil Trap (PDF) by Terry Karl for Transparency International, September 2003.
	Transparency International Corruption Perception Index 2004 (PDF)
	IMF Manual on Fiscal Transparency, Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency,
	Petroleum Revenue Management - an Industry Perspective by Willy H. Olsen, Norwegian Statoil, 2002.
	U.S. Energy Information Administration briefing paper on Australia's energy issues (Nov. 2004)
	Following the Money 101: A Primer on Money-Trail Investigations by Coalition for International Justice, February 2004.
	Follow the Money: A Guide to Monitoring Budgets and Oil and Gas Revenues Revenue Watch, Open Society Institute, April 2004.  Bahasa Indonesia
	IMF Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency (May 2007)

Information from Australian government agencies

Gas Infrastructure Development Opportunities for Timor Sea Gas in Northern Territory & Queensland, study done in 1999 for the Northern Territory Government

Statistical Treatment of Economic Activities in the Timor Sea, as explained by the Australian government's ABS, September 2003. (PDF)

Australian government report Securing Australia's Energy Future (2004)

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia-East Timor Maritime Boundaries: Finding an Equitable Solution (July 2004)

Map of Australia's worldwide maritime territory claim

Northern Territory OTD Fact Sheets (index)

Timor Sea Oil and Gas Factsheets from the Northern Territory government, August 2003. Also in  PDF: Timor Sea, Bayu-Undan, Greater Sunrise, Buffalo Oilfield, Petrel/Tern, Elang/Kakatua, Evans Shoal

Mining and Energy, Northern Territory Economy book chapter 8 (May 2000)

Domestic Onshore Options for Timor Sea Gas: Analysis of implications for Australia (report by ACIL for the NT Government, May 2002)

These often include maps and diagrams. They cover thematic issues (December 2002):
Petroleum Exploration in NT Waters,  Australia pipeline map,  NT Pipeline map,  Onshore Petroleum Exploration & Production,  Prospective Fields

Regional overviews: Regional map,  Timor Sea,  Ashmore Cartier

And specific oil and gas fields:
Bayu-Undan,  Elang-Kakatua,  Buffalo,  Greater Sunrise,  Laminaria-Corallina,  Petrel-Tern,  Jabiru,  Evans Shoal

Offshore Petroleum Exploration Areas

Each year, the Australian Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources publishes a CD-ROM on prospective offshore petroleum contract areas, which includes part of East Timor's EEZ. This is excerpted from the 2002-2006 releases, which include hundreds of files not on this CD. The main categories of information are:

	Geology and Data Availability for selected areas: 2006    2003    2002    2001
	An Overview for Investors (PDF)
	Guidance Notes for Applicants (PDF)

July 2003: Australian government press release on new permits awarded.

March 2004: East Timor's government protests release of new areas in contested territory.

Australian Petroleum News 2001 - 2006 (index)

Newsletter of the Resources Division, Australian Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, concerning offshore petroleum exploration and production issues. All are PDF.

Timor Sea Designated  Authority (home page)

History of Technical Activities in the TSDA, Powerpoint presentation by Technical Director Nick Kyranis at opening of TSDA Information Center (Feb. 2004)

	May 2000 acreage release (PDF)
	Organization Chart
	Production-Sharing Contract Area overview map from before the 2002 Timor Sea Treaty, with map and contractor information on each area: 91-01,  91-02,  91-09,  91-12, 91-13,  94-07,  95-18,  95-19,  96-16,  96-20,  00-21, vacant Areas
	Map and listing of Production-Sharing Contracts in the Joint Development Area (Dec. 2003)
	Texts of Production Sharing Contracts for Bayu-Undan and Elang-Kakatua