East Timor to Veto Proposal On ‘Greater Sunrise’ Field
East Timor’s government will block proposals by an Australian-led consortium to develop a disputed oil and gas field worth billions of dollars.
Proposals to exploit the Greater Sunrise field — estimated to hold 240 million barrels of light oil and 154 billion cubic meters of natural gas — must be approved by both sides. A 2007 treaty gives the parties until 2013 to agree to a joint development plan. But Timor’s latest position shoots down proposals put forward by the consortium headed by Australia’s Woodside Petroleum.
East Timor is tapping a $5 billion petroleum fund established with income from another field in the Timor Sea, but the vastly larger Greater Sunrise is seen as key to developing the young democracy and lifting its 1.1 million people out of poverty. AP
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