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Background and overview Oilwatch Southeast Asia Regional Meeting presentations and statement (also Tetum) (7/10) LH presentation The Current Situation in Timor-Leste (2/10) LHB What is LNG? (8/08) Sunrise LNG in Timor-Leste: Dreams, Realities and Challenges (2/08) Fourth Constitutional Government of RDTL: Structure, Program, Budget and members (10/07) New Secretary of State for Natural Resources Alfredo Pires describes his plans at La'o Hamutuk public meeting (9/07) LHB Restructuring Petroleum Regulation in Timor-Leste. (6/07) Petroleum in Timor-Leste (presentation to the International Forum on Petroleum, Human Rights and Environmental Reparation, Ecuador) (10/06) Oil in Timor-Leste: A discussion of economic, ecological and moral debt. (Chapter written for Oilwatch by La'o Hamutuk) (9/05) LHB Timor Sea Oil and Gas Update (comprehensive history, technical, political and financial overview) (8/03) Surat Popular: Our Oil, Our Future LHB Chronology of Oil and Gas in the Timor Sea (12/02) LHB Profiles of oil companies involved in the Timor Sea (7/02) LHB With Independence, What Changes for the Timor Gap? (5/02)
Sunrise LNG Tasi Mane petroleum infrastructure project Other petroleum projects Oil-fired power plants LH letter (also Tetum) protesting award of school furniture contract to Chinese Nuclear Industry Construction Company No. 22 (10/13) Heavy oil power plants index and analysis for 2011-13 (Eng. and Tetum) (4/13) LH presentation Polítika enerjetika no investimentu públiku at Parliamentary budget seminar (Tetum) (1/13) Leaked reports from ELC/Bonifica supervising the construction of this project: September 2010, October 2010, November 2010, January 2011, February 2011, April 2011, June 2011, Nov.2011, Jan.2012 (4/12) Heavy oil power plants overall index (Eng. and Tetum) (9/11) Heavy oil power plants index and analysis for 2010 (Eng. and Tet.) (6/11) Deloitte review of EDTL, also Executive Summary, Portuguese and 6MB original. (5/11) LH letter to Parliament about inadequate budget appropriation to cover increased payment obligations during 2011 (1/11) Cornerstone Laying for Hera heavy oil power plant (Eng. and Tet.) (1/10) Letter from Prime Minister to Parliament redesigning the project (Port.) (11/09) Heavy oil power plants index and analysis for 2008-2009 (Eng. and Tet.) (11/09) LHB: Heavy Oil Power Plants: Project without Process (6/09) Request to Provedor (Ombudsman) to investigate this project (also Tetum) (4/09) Letter to Ministry of Finance asking for information on tender (3/09) LH map of proposed system (also Tetum) (3/09) NGO Petition to Parliament (also Tetum) (1/09) La'o Hamutuk submission to Parliament (also Tetum) (12/08) Capital expenditures for electricity project in 2009 state budget (Eng. and Tet.) (12/08) LHB Heavy Oil Power Plants - $390 million over four years (also Tetum) (11/08) Request for Proposals and TOR for legal advice from Ministry of Finance (9/08) Invitation to bid from Ministry of Finance, 6/08) Proposal from Chinese Nuclear Company #22 (6/08)
The Resource Curse Petroleum Laws (regime) (see also Petroleum Fund) Timor-Leste Petroleum Fund (see also Transparency below) Index to Petroleum Fund operations, including management agreements, Quarterly and Annual Reports, and other information (Eng. and Tetum.) (8/16) LH submission (also blog and Tetum mós blog) on proposed 2016 Budget Rectification (7/16) How long will the Petroleum Fund carry Timor-Leste? index page (6/15)
with paper (also Tetum) and other materials Can the Petroleum Fund Exorcise the Resource Curse from TL? (also PDF) (8/14 and 6/15) How long will Timor-Leste's Petroleum Fund Last? (update) (also blog) (6/15) Timor-Leste's oil and gas are going fast (also blog) Mina-rai no gas Timor-Leste nian besik hotu ho lalais (4/15) Presentation Is Fiscal Policy Sustainable? (also PDF); Polítika Fiskál Sustentavel ka lae? (also PDF) (3/15) LH letter urging consideration of fallen oil prices when revising the 2015 State Budget (also Tetum) (2/15)
Ministry of Finance response to LH letter (also Tetum) (3/15) Making the Oil Companies Pay What They Owe about collecting unpaid taxes (5/15) Blog: Oil production inevitably declines (also Tetum) describing the implications of depleting Kitan (3/14) LH Blog on presentation to TLSA: How Long will the Petroleum Fund Carry Timor-Leste? (7/13)
Also Excel spreadsheet, PowerPoint and PDF (7/13) ABC: Taxing Times in Timor transcript of TV documentary
LH Blog: Filling gaps in Taxing Times (10/12) Blog: Wading deeper into an oily swamp about IAB appointments (7/12) Blog: Ten billion dollars is a tempting target (7/12) Blog: How Timor-Leste got Ten Billion Dollars ... and how Quickly we will Spend it all. (5/12) Revising the Petroleum Fund Law: background, analysis, concerns, submissions proposed revisions (also Tetum) (7/12) Banking and Payments Authority submission to Parliament on revising the PF Law (also Tetum) (7/11) LH Submission to the Ministry of Finance (also PDF) on proposed revisions to the Petroleum Fund Law (also Tetum) (11/10) Radio Igualidade: Proposta revisaun Lei Fundu Petroliferu (6 MB Tetum MP3) (10/10) Radio Igualidade: Tentasaun Kambalasu Fundu Petroleum (6 MB Tetum MP3) (10/10) Failed attempt to scam $1.2 billion from Petroleum Fund (Eng. and Tet.) (10/10) Timor-Leste (first) Annual EITI Report for 2008 (also Tetum) LH Submission to Parliament on 2010 General State Budget and corrective letter (also Tetum) (11/09) LHB: Petroleum Fund: Estimated Sustainable Income and Diversify Petroleum Fund Investment? Not Now (6/09) LH analysis of prudence and sustainability in calculating the Estimated Sustainable Income (also Tetum) (3/09) LH Submission on TL budget for 2009 (also Tetum), (12/08) Topic page on RDTL State Budget for 2009, with links (Eng. and Tet.) (12/08) LHB Editorial: Rectified 2008 Budget Invites Resource Curse (also Tetum) (11/08) LHB Budgeting for the Future (also Tetum) (11/08) Court rules mid-year budget violates petroleum fund law (11/08) Petroleum Fund and revenue-related portions of 2008 RDTL State budget (Eng. and Tet.) (2/08) Flyer for La'o Hamutuk all-party debate on managing petroleum money, and report on that debate (6/07) LHB analysis of Petroleum Fund (3/07), including glossary and comparison with Norway's Fund. LHB NGOs elect Petroleum Fund Consultative Council reps (4/06) LHB review of first PF quarterly report (12/05). Parliamentary debate and passage of Petroleum Fund Act with Submissions from La'o Hamutuk (also Portuguese) and others and the final version of the Act (also Portuguese) (6/05) Public Consultation on the draft TL Petroleum Fund Act. Includes LH Submission (also Portuguese) and submissions from other NGOs (3/05) Public Consultation regarding the TL Petroleum Fund Discussion Paper. Includes LH Submission and many other documents and submissions. (12/04) LHB Oil money requires good management by Joseph Stiglitz (1/04)
Transparency (see also Petroleum Fund and Regime) Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Timor-Leste index page, with reports for 2008-2013 (8/16) LH blog: TL falls short on Open Budget Index 2015 (also Tetum, English PDF, Tetum PDF, scorecard) (9/15) LH Blog: Transparency Initiative gets a little more opaque (also Tetum) (2/15) LH letter asking for court audit of TimorGAP (Eng/Tetum) (2/15) Presentation to Chatham House New Petroleum Producers Discussion Group on engaging with society (5/14) What's the Point of Transparency? by Diarmid O'Sullivan (also Tetum) on EITI (9/13) LH comments on draft revised EITI standard (4/13) Final EITI report for 2011 (also Tetum, Portuguese, and Indonesian)
Final EITI report for 2010 (also Tetum, Portuguese, and Indonesian) (12/12) Preliminary EITI reports for 2010 and 2011 (11/12) Petroleum Transparency in Burma report and presentations from Rangoon workshops (8/12) Lessons of Transparency from EITI report by Focus on the Global South (4/12) LH letter to Minister of Finance on Timor-Leste Transparency Model (also Tetum) (5/12) Some thoughts from LH for the Regional EITI Conference (also Tetum) (8/11) Timor-Leste (first) Annual EITI Report for 2008 (also Tetum, Portuguese and Bahasa Indonesia) (1/10, revised 12/10) Briefing paper: Democracy in Timor-Leste: Information is required! (also Tetum) (8/09) LHB: Enhancing EITI implementation in Timor-Leste (6/09) LHB Consolidating the Asia-Pacific movement to Publish What You Pay (1/08) LHB Terms of Reference and Summary of Work Plan for Timor-Leste implementation of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) (1/08) EITI Work Plan 2007-2009 (9/07) LH and Luta Hamutuk Submission to EITI meeting in Oslo (10/06) LH Submission to UK Government EITI meeting in London (3/05) LH presentation to World Bank EITI Meeting in Paris. Extractive Industry Transparency in Timor-Leste: Limitations in Practice (2/05)
A version was published as an LHB Editorial (4/05) LHB Editorial: Democracy Requires Information (12/02) LH on UNTAET Gag Rule (1/01)
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