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Articles are in reverse chronological order, with the most recent listed first. Select a topic to go to a list of links to articles about it: Additional information from before 2009 is our OilWeb pages, including: Background and overview Paper After the oil runs dry: Timor-Leste economics and government finances (10/18) Oilwatch Southeast Asia Regional Meeting presentations and statement (also Tetum) (7/10) LH presentation The Current Situation in Timor-Leste (2/10) OilWeb comprehensive data archive on Timor-Leste's oil and gas, including now-defunct TSDA and Timor Sea Office websites (11/08)
Include index pages on Background topics, History, Finances, Reserves, Companies and many other topics 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 and TimorGAP Other petroleum projects Oil and gas Production Sharing Contracts (English/Tetum), with text of most contracts (12/19) Presentation As Bayu-Undan dries up: challenges and opportunities / Bainhira Bayu-Undan sei maran: dezafiu no oportunidade sira (Also English PowerPoint, Tetum PowerPoint, English paper, Tetum paper) (11/17) Eni's Kitan offshore oil project in JPDA 06-105, with links to many documents (8/16) Blog: Oil production inevitably declines (also Tetum) describing the implications of depleting Kitan (3/14) LH submission on EIS and EMP for Eni's further exploratory drilling in S06-06 (10/10) Eni's Cova exploratory drilling, with links to many documents (9/10) Reliance exploratory drilling in Block K (English/Tetum), with media articles and links to many documents (9/10) LH submission (also Tetum) on TOR for Environmental Impact Statement (also Tetum) for Eni's further exploratory drilling in S06-03 (9/10) LH submission on Environmental Impact Statement for Eni's Cova-1 exploratory drilling (7/10) and Eni's response (also Tetum) (8/10) LH submission on Environmental Impact Assessment and Management Plans for Reliance's exploratory drilling in Block K of Timor-Leste exclusive offshore area (6/10), Tetum summary (7/10), and Reliance's response (8/10) LH submission on Eni's proposed Environmental Management Plan (also Tetum) for the GeoStreamer seismic survey (6/10) Seismic exploration environmental management plans from Eni and Reliance, with submissions from La'o Hamutuk (6/10) LH submission regarding Environmental Plan for Eni Marine Seismic Survey (6/07)
Oil-fired power plants Heavy oil power plants index and analysis for 2011-17 (Eng. and Tetum) (2/18) LH letter (also Tetum) protesting award of school furniture contract to Chinese Nuclear Industry Construction Company No. 22 (10/13) 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 Presentation Can a Sovereign Wealth Fund Prevent the Resource Curse? The case of Timor-Leste, given at Mozambique Conference on Natural Gas for Economic Transformation and Inclusive Growth (also PPT, 8/19) Bobby Boye: Convict, Advisor and Fraud (also Tetum) with many links (5/19) Aprezentasaun Informasaun Importante ba MP sira (mos PowerPoint) kona-ba Sunrise, Tasi Mane no OJE 2019 (12/18) Paper After the oil runs dry: Timor-Leste economics and government finances (10/18) Paper Malisan Rekursu iha Timor-Leste: Hosi Jestaun Fundu Petrolíferu no polítika orsamentál (10/17) Paper As Bayu-Undan dries up: challenges and opportunities / Bainhira Bayu-Undan sei maran: dezafiu no oportunidade sira (10/17) Aprezentasaun Malisan Rekursu iha Timor-Leste: Hosi Jestaun Fundu Petrolíferu no polítika orsamentál (mós PowerPoint, 6/17) Presentation As Bayu-Undan dries up: challenges and opportunities / Bainhira Bayu-Undan sei maran: dezafiu no oportunidade sira (Also English PowerPoint, Tetum PowerPoint, 6/17) Presentation: Consequences of TL's Dependency on Oil and Gas (also 41MB PowerPoint with audio) (4/16) Blog: Indicators have Consequences
Sinál perigu sei iha konsekuénsia (3/16) Oil running out is reality, not propaganda (LH letter responding to Parliamentary comments) (also blog and Tetum) (6/15) Can the Petroleum Fund Exorcise the Resource Curse from TL? (also PDF) (9/14 and 6/15)) How Long will the Petroleum Fund Carry Timor-Leste? (also Tetum) (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) It takes more than money to achieve development: lessons from TL presentation to ESCAP conference (also Ppt) (10/14) Blog: Timor-Leste has been robbed! ka Nauk ona Timor-Leste (8/14) LH letter asking for court audit of TimorGAP (2/15) CPLP should not Admit Equatorial Guinea (7/14) Presentation to Chatham House New Petroleum Producers Discussion Group on engaging with society (5/14) Timor-Leste: The Political Economy of a Rentier State by Guteriano Neves (7/13) Blog: Oil production inevitably declines (also Tetum) describing the implications of depleting Kitan (3/14) Going for Broke editorial from Petroleum Economist magazine (3/13) Aprezentasaun: Malisan Rekursu no Korrupsaun (11/12) 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) Blog: Petroleum regulators (ANP) get themselves better health care (also Tetum) (3/12)
Reply to comments on ANP health care (also Tetum) (4/12) If you spend $400 million, you don't have it any more (3/12) LH comments at Rio+20 Green Economy for Sustainable Development workshop (11/11) Orsamentu Jeral Estadu 2012 ha’belit liu tan Malisan Rekursu ba Timor-Leste (10/11) Some thoughts from LH for the Regional EITI Conference (also Tetum) (8/11) La'o Hamutuk submission on draft TL country report for process on Aid Effectiveness in Fragile States (5/11) La'o Hamutuk comment (also Tetum and Tetum slideshow) on UNDP 2011 National Human Development Report for Timor-Leste (5/11) Submission from La'o Hamutuk on 2011 budget (12/10) Radio Igualidade: Impaktu Eksploitasaun Petroleu (6 MB Tetum MP3) (8/10) Oilwatch Southeast Asia Regional Meeting report and presentations (7/10) Submission from La'o Hamutuk on 2010 mid-year budget rectification (6/10) 2010 mid-year budget rectification (9/10) Strategic Development Plan (also Tetum) (5/10) LHB: Donor, oil and other money in Timor-Leste since 1999 (2/10) LHB: Petroleum Fund: Estimated Sustainable Income (6/09) LHB: Diversify Petroleum Fund Investment? Not Now. (6/09) Program Radio Igualidade kona ba Malisan Rekursu (14 MB Tetum MP3) (5/09) Orsamento Estadu 2009: Prudente ka lae? Artigu tolu husi jornal hakerek husi La'o Hamutuk no Vice-Ministru Finansas (4/09) 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) LHB Editorial: Budget Invites Resource Curse (also Tetum) (11/08) LH statements at Parliamentary anti-corruption conference (9/08) Mid-Year Budget is First Step to Resource Curse (Statement by Timor-Leste Transparency Network) (7/08) LHB Return our Natural Resources (report from Oilwatch Forum) (3/07) LHB Timor-Leste will be one of the most oil-dependent countries in the world (11/05)
Response from Prime Minister; LH comment (4/06) Timor-Leste participates in International Day of Action against the Shwe Gas Project in Burma (10/05)
LHB article (11/05) Oil in Timor-Leste: A discussion of economic, ecological and moral debt. (Chapter written for Oilwatch by La'o Hamutuk) (9/05) Can Timor Leste Avoid the Resource Curse? (Paper presented to the workshop on Transparency and Accountability in Government in 3/04).
An updated version of this article was an LHB Editorial (10/04). This has also been made into a PowerPoint presentation and a Bulletin Reprint. LHB Timor-Leste Exchange Visit: A Nigerian Perspective and Timor-Leste Learns from Nigeria’s Experience (10/04)
Report from Timor-Leste Exchange with Nigeria (9/04) LHB Oil and Gas Victims Protest Unmet Promises in SE Asia (3/04) LHB With Money, Oil Also Brings Problems (7/02)
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.) (12/19) Presentation Implications of recent changes to Timor-Leste’s Petroleum Fund (also PDF) (6/19) Confronting the state's temporary cash flow problem / Enfrenta problema finansial temporáriu; LH Submission to Parliament (also Tetum) and LH Press release (also Tetum) (9/18) Aprezentasaun Malisan Rekursu iha Timor-Leste: Hosi Jestaun Fundu Petrolíferu no polítika orsamentál (mós PowerPoint, 6/17) Presentation Timor-Leste’s oil wealth: financing government, building for development and providing for its people (also Powerpoint) (5/17) Making the Oil Companies Pay What They Owe about assessing unpaid taxes (11/18) 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) 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 Petroliferu (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)
Mining Transparency (see also Petroleum Fund and Regime) Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Timor-Leste index page, with reports for 2008-2017 (1/20) LHB Presiza hadi’ak liután Transparénsia Timor-Leste nian (11/18) LHB Asesu ba Dokumentu Ofisiál sira: Direitu Demokrátiku Báziku ida
Access to official documents (5/18) Transparénsia Orsamentál dalan ba Boa Governasaun iha Timor-Leste (Powerpoint ka PDF) (5/18) LH/IBP press release As progress toward global budget transparency stalls for the first time in a decade, Timor-Leste scores “low” in providing information to its citizens about how public money is used (also Tetum) (4/18) 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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