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Version 4.2   5 May 2008

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Oil, Islam and Women by Michael Ross, August 2007

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Blood Barrels: Why Oil Wealth Fuels Conflict by Michael Ross, May 2008

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What is LNG?  Fact Sheet from Chevron's Gorgon Project, October 2006

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LNG: Understanding the Basic Facts, U.S. Department of Energy, February 2006

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The Oil Resources of Timor-Leste: Curse or Blessing? by Mats Lundahl and Fredrik Sjoholm, October 2006

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Karoon buys Woodside Acreage in Timor Sea (AC/P8), November 2007

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Timor Sea awaits firms, February 2007

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NT’s Henderson makes case for Darwin, March 2008

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NT Opposition Leader Risks Gas Deal, March 2008

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Woodside floating LNG plan, May 2008

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La'o Hamutuk submission on Reliance 2D/3D Seismic Survey Environment Plan, March 2008

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First quarter 2008 reports from Woodside and Santos, April 2008

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Discussion about possible revisions to Timor-Leste Petroleum Fund, May 2008

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TSDA grants Oilex an exception to purchase 3D seismic data from Fugro, May 2007

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TSDA grants Petronas an exception to competitive bidding to do seismic research with the CGC/Veritas "Orion," August 2007

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TSDA grants Oilex an exception to competitive tender to hire Enquest to provide quality control during seismic survey, September 2007

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Oilex requests and receives TSDA permission for a sole-source drilling contract to Transocean in area JPDA 06-103, April 2008

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Kitan in spotlight for East Timor, May 2008

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Information on upcoming TSDA and RDTL licensing rounds

Version 4.1   14 March 2008

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Sunrise LNG in Timor-Leste: Dreams, Realities and Challenges.  La'o Hamutuk, February 2008
Including Tetum summary, Powerpoint in English and Tetum, and PDF versions.

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La'o Hamutuk Bulletin 9.1, with articles on Publish What You Pay conference and EITI Terms of Reference and Work plan , January 2008.

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(ConocoPhillips CEO) Mulva predicts progress at Sunrise development and Action is behind the scenes for LNG sector,  January 2008

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Eni strikes oil in JPDA 06-105 with Kitan-1 well, March 2008

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Tenth Petroleum Fund Quarterly Report and press release, plus updated Petroleum Fund index page, February 2008.

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RDTL Budget for 2008, February 2008, including
bulletOverview and petroleum revenue excerpts
bulletProgram of State Secretariat for Natural Resources
bulletComplete budget documents: Book 1 and Book 2 (PDF)

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Timor Sea Designated Authority Annual Report for 2006
bulletTSDA Fact Sheet, January 2008
bulletRevised TSDA organizational structure, February 2008
bulletUpdated TSDA report on revenues, February 2008

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Initial announcement of second Timor-Leste offshore licensing round to be held in 2009

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Woodside fourth quarter 2007 and annual reports, and CEO Presentation, February 2008
bulletUpdated Laminaria stolen revenue estimates through 2007, February 2008
bulletWhy Transparency is Good Business, speech by Woodside CEO Don Voelte, April 2005
bulletTerritory awaits dawn of Sunrise, July 2007
bulletEast Timor unrest will hamper LNG project, August 2007
bulletWoodside's foot on gas in Timor and Woodside to spend $5b on projects this year, February 2008

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Santos fourth quarter 2007 and annual financials and strategy update, and CEO Presentation, February 2008

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Articles about Oilex 3D seismic survey in JPDA 06-103, January 2008

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Bayu-Undan and Darwin LNG: One Year On, (Northern) Territory Quarterly, January 2007

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Shell floats LNG production unit, March 2008

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LNG capacity seen up 400% by 2030, March 2008

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A Study of the Offshore Petroleum Negotiations bwteeen Australia, the U.N. and East Timor. Ph.D. thesis by Alexander J. Munton, June 2006.

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A Closer Look at Oil, Diamonds and Civil War by Michael Ross, February 2006

Version 4.0   15 January 2008

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Second Petroleum Fund Annual Report, January 2008

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TSDA 2007-2010 Strategic Plan, February 2007
bulletBayu-Undan resumes operation following a 35-day shutdown for inspection and maintenance, 24 October 2007
bulletTimor Sea Designated Authority (TSDA) announces Gualdino Carmo da Silva as new Executive Director, 2 January 2008

Oil company information

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Third quarter 2007 financial reports from Santos and Woodside, October 2007

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Bharat Petroleum Annual Report 2006-2007, August 2007

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ConocoPhillips Sustainable Development Report 2006, October 2007

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Information about Indian Oil Corporation, Ltd.
bulletIOC, Oil India may partner Reliance Ind, December 2007

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Oilex Annual Report 2007, September 2007

bulletOilex description of JPDA 06-103, January 2007
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Petronas Annual Reports for 2007 and 2006

bulletPetronas Group Sustainability Report, July 2007
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Santos Annual Report 2006, March 2007
bulletSantos Sustainability Report 2006, March 2007

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Videocon Industries Annual Report 2005-6, January 2007

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Woodside Greenhouse Policy, April 2007
bulletWoodside Investor Briefing (Sunrise excerpts only), 15 November 2007

From Australia

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Northern Territory Oil and Gas 2006, Annual report of the NT Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines, April 2007

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Australian government responds on Timorese employed in JPDA, July 2007

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Australian Petroleum News, December 2007 and index to all issues of APN since 2001

Transparency and Accountability

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Oil and Gas and Conflict: Development Challenges and Policy Approaches, Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability, January 2006

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Eye On EITI: Civil Society Perspectives and Recommendations on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, PWYP/RWI, October 2006

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Oil Revenue Transparency: A Strategic Component of U.S. Energy Security and Anti-Corruption Policy, Global Witness, March 2007

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Sustainable Development or Resource Cursed? An exploration of Timor-Leste's Institutional Choices, Ph.D. thesis by Jennifer Drysdale, July 2007

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Timor-Leste EITI Work Plan, September 2007

Events around the world

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The Sudoarjo Disaster in East Java: Clear as Mud.  Van Zorge Report, April 2007

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No Oil Yet, but Sao Tome Finds Dealings Slippery, The New York Times, July 2007

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Ecuador seeks oil 'compensation', BBC, September 2007

Version 3.8  15 October 2007

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Legal Remedies for the Resource Curse, Open Society Justice Initiative, September 2005

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Inpex set to invest $88m in oil exploration (in Masela), May 2007

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TSDA issues an access permit for Eni Seismic ship to enter into the JPDA adjacent to their blocks, May 2007

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Wood Mackenzie Upstream Insight on Abadi options and obstacles, July 2007

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World Bank/ADB Economic and Social Development Brief, August 2007

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Petroleum-related excerpts from new Government Plan, RDTL National Budget, and World Bank Policy Brief, September 2007

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Sunrise LNG Development presentation from Woodside, September 2007

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RDTL Proposed Transitional Budget, September 2007
Petroleum Fund Consultative Council letter to Parliament, October 2007

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Reliance in talks with Indian Oil Company about block K, October 2007

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Shell sells part of its share in Evans Shoal to Petronas, September 2007

Version 3.7  25 September 2007

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CMATS enters into effect without Australian Parliamentary ratification: numerous articles and reports, February 2007

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Three editions of the La'o Hamutuk Bulletin:

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Timor-Leste's Petroleum Fund (including Glossary, Comparison with Norway), Report from the Oilwatch Forum, Public meeting on CMATS. PDF, March 2007

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Restructuring petroleum regulation, CMATS ratification, Political parties debate petroleum revenue management. PDF, June 2007

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Proposed changes in petroleum regulation, Gareth Evans refuses to apologize, Local Content. PDF, September 2007

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Timor-Leste Local Content policy
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Draft Regulation circulated for public comment, June 2007

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Submissions from La'o Hamutuk, Eni and ConocoPhillips, June 2007

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La'o Hamutuk Bulletin article, September 2007

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Proposed regulations to restructure petroleum regulation and create a National Oil Company
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Index to draft regulations and commentary, April-September 2007

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Draft regulations on National Regulatory Authority, National Oil Company, and National Council on Energy Policy, April 2007/

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Submissions from La'o Hamutuk and others, April 2007. Second La'o Hamutuk submission, July 2007

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Petroleum Policies of the new Timor-Leste Government, September 2007

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BP World Energy Review 2007: Full report, workbook, slidepack, June 2007

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IMF Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency, May 2007

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Seventh and eighth Petroleum Fund Quarterly Reports and first Annual Report for 2005-06, plus revised Petroleum Fund index page, August 2007

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Monthly breakdown of JPDA project receipts, from TSDA, August 2007

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New section in Field index file, for newly contracted RDTL offshore areas.

Information about oil companies active in the Timor Sea

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New information from Eni, including 2006 Annual Report and Fact Book.

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Eni's Environment Plan for a 3D_Marine_Seismic_Survey circulated for public comment. La'o Hamutuk made the only Submission, May 2007

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Galp Energia Signs Agreements With Eni For Oil Exploration in Timor and Mozambique, April 2007

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New Information about Santos, shareholder in Bayu-Undan and Elang-Kakatua

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2006 Annual Report, Quarterly reports for 2006 (Q3 and Q4) and 2007 (Q1 and Q2).

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Santos Says LNG May Make Up Half of Output by 2020, April 2007

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Santos increases its share of Bayu-Undan. Also media report, July 2007

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New Woodside reports, including 2006 Concise, Financials and Reserves StatementRecord net profit report. CEO's_slideshow and speech at AGM, February 2006. Also reports for 1Q07, 2Q07, and 1H07.
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Woodside Profit Rises 16 Percent as Oil Fields Start, August 2007

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Reliance hives off overseas oil projects, March 2007

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Reliance goes on block buying spree, September 2007

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Wavefield Inseis secures JPDA seismic contract from Oilex for JPDA, July 2007

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Videocon to start drilling operations in Timor block next year, August 2007

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New ConocoPhillips information, including
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Australia's Top Engineering Award Goes to Bayu-Undan Partners Fluor Corp., February 6, 2007
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ConocoPhillips FactBook, June 2006

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Prosecutor, ConocoPhillips Lobbyist Co-Bought Home, February 15, 2007

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ConocoPhillips 2006 Annual Report in English and Indonesian, March 2007

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ConocoPhillips to exit Elang-Kakatua, TSDA seeks new operator, May 2007

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Ezra clinches milestone contract for first heavy lift accommodation/pipelay vessel,19 June 2007

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MODEC redeploys FPSO MODEC Venture 1, August 27, 2007

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Updated information on PetroTimor v. ConocoPhillips lawsuit, including refiling of the case in Texas and numerous actions, June 2007

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Information from Australia's 2007 release of new offshore areas for bidding.

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Updated chronology of events related to oil development in Timor-Leste, usable as an index for this website.

Version 3.4    3 January 2007

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Many documents, attorneys list, and updated docket from PetroTimor v. ConocoPhillips lawsuit in the USA, December 2006

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Information from the Timor Sea Designated Authority for the Joint Petroleum Development Area
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TSDA Annual Reports for 20032004 and 2005.

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New TSDA Production Sharing Contracts in JPDA areas 06-101A, 06-102, 06-103 and 06-105, including texts of these contracts, related TSDA bidding round information, and the public notice for the awards. Tetum press release on contract signings.

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The TSDA granted PSC 06-101A without an invitation.

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Public Notice of the granting of an Access Authorization on 15 September 2006 to ECL for a seismic survey intruding into an area of the JPDA adjacent to NT/P62.

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First Payment of Profit Oil (higher tax rate after investment is recouped) from Bayu-Undan, 18 December 2006

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Information about RDTL bid round and contracting for undisputed Timor Sea area
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RDTL press release announcing that it had signed five PSCs with Eni, 3 November 2006

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Eni Signs Five Exploration Contracts in East Timor

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Reliance inks oil block deal with Timor-Leste

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Texts of Production Sharing Contracts signed with Eni and Reliance

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RDTL permits Eni to conduct seismic tenders, 19 December 2006

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Fifth Petroleum Fund Quarterly Report and accompanying press release, plus revised Petroleum Fund index page, November 2006

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Petroleum Fund Investment Advisory Board Rules of Procedure.

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Australia and East Timor Sign Security Arrangement on Joint Petroleum Area, October 2006

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Table of how the Australia-Timor split of oil revenue has changed with the evolving legal context.

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Woodside and Santos financial reports for the third quarter of 2006, October 2006

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Timor election may delay Sunrise, The Australian, November 2006

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Timor-Leste and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: An Overview from Civil Society presented by La'o Hamutuk and Luta Hamutuk to the EITI Conference in Oslo, October 2006

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Petroleum in Timor-Leste presented by La’o Hamutuk to the International Forum on Petroleum, Human Rights and Environmental Reparation, Ecuador, October 2006

Version 3.2   24 October 2006

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Oil Companies operating in Timor-Leste
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Information on companies which received contracts from the TSDA, including Korea Gas Corp, Samsung Corp, LG International Corp, Oilex, Bharat Petroleum Corp, Videocon Industries Ltd, Gujarat State Petroleum Corp, Minza Oil Ltd, and Zetex NV, September 2006

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Santos 2005 Presentation and Financial Results, February 2006

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Santos quarterly ASX filings include information on Bayu-Undan and Elang-Kakatua production and sales: 3Q 20054Q 2005, 1Q 2006, 2Q 2006.  Also first half presentation and media release.

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Santos descriptions of Elang-Kakatua, Bayu-Undan and Bayu-Undan LNG, June & November 2005

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ConocoPhillips expansion plans for Sunrise and LNG (three articles), 19-20 June 2006

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ConocoPhillips sustainable development report, May 2005

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Shell Financial and Operational Information 2001-2005, June 2006

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Shell Sustainability Report 2005, April 2006

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Woodside financial reports for the second quarter and first half of 2006, and press release on profit increases, August 2006

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New filings and updated docket from Oceanic Exploration (Petrotimor) v. ConocoPhillips lawsuit in the USA, including Judge's order and explanation, ConocoPhillips answer to the allegations, December 2006

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Timor-Leste specific documents
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A Settlement to the Timor Sea Dispute? Kathryn Khamsi, Harvard Asia Quarterly, Fall 2005

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Speech by Prime Minister Alkatiri at petroleum licensing road show, Singapore, September 2005

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Timor-Leste's place in the international energy sector, Rich Ruggiero for RDTL, slide show November 2005

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Minding the Timor Gap. Faisal Chaudry, Dollars & Sense, July/August, 2006

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RDTL National Budget (excerpts) 2006-07, July 2006

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Australia specific documents
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Northern Territory Oil and Gas 2005 and 2003 editions. Brochures by Australian NT government

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Australia's 2006 Offshore Acreage Release, March 2006

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Global background papers and updates
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International Energy Outlook, U.S. Energy Information Administration, June 2006

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Half Gone: The coming global energy crisis, its conflation with global warming, and the implications. By Dr Jeremy Leggett, October 2005

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Oil: A life cycle analysis of its health and environmental impacts. Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School, March 2002

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Beyond the Rhetoric. Measuring Revenue transparency: company performance in the oil and gas industries. Save the Children, 2005

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Poverty Reduction in Resource-Rich Developing Countries: What have Multinational Corporations Got to Do with it? By Uwem I. Ite, UK. About Shell in Nigeria, and the need for government to represent society. 2005

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Investigation and Review, Second Bid round. By Sao Tome and Principe Office of the Attorney General, December 2005

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Transparency Begins at Home: An Assessment of United States Revenue Transparency and Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Requirements. Oxfam America/Publish What You Pay, June 2006

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It's a Gas: Funny Business in the Turkmen-Ukraine Gas Trade. Global Witness, April 2006

Version 3.1   26 August 2006

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East Timor eager to tap resources, CNN, May 2006

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Press releases and articles about 2006 TSDA bidding round and contract awards, May-August 2006

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Evaluation Report and Press Release on RDTL licensing round and awards, May-June 2006

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Fourth Petroleum Fund Quarterly Report and accompanying press release, August 2006

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TSDA press releases: Nan Hai VI explosion and fire, July-August 2006

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Oil in Timor-Leste: An exploration of economic, ecological and moral debt. La'o Hamutuk, September 2005.

Version 3.0   12 May 2006

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Operations of the Timor-Leste Petroleum Fund index page.
Second Petroleum Fund Quarterly Report and accompanying press release, February 2006
Third Petroleum Fund Quarterly Report and accompanying press release, May 2006

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The CMATS Treaty:

La'o Hamutuk Bulletin 7.1, extensive analysis, chronology, timeline and glossary of CMATS, as well as an exchange with Prime Minister Alkatiri, April 2006

La'o Hamutuk letter to RDTL Parliament about CMATS, March 2006

Media articles on negotiations leading to CMATS.

Press releases on entry into force of JPDA Petroleum Mining Code and model PSC, February 2006

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Upcoming offshore licensing rounds in RDTL and JPDA:

Updated information on Timor-Leste's first bidding and licensing round for uncontested offshore petroleum areas.

Updated information on Timor-Leste's offshore seismic exploration.

RDTL Government web page on offshore acreage release, March 2006.

RDTL/TSDA Technical Conference for Prospective Bidders presentations and other information, November 2005

TSDA Guidelines and Criteria for Applicants, September 2005.

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Information on companies which submitted bids for Timor-Leste's new offshore acreage:

ENI S.P.A (Italy), Petronas Carigati (Malaysia), Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras, Brazil),

GALP Exploração e Produção Petrolífera (Portugal) Reliance Industries Limited (India)

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The Geopolitics of Natural Gas by Michael Klare, The Nation, January 2006

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Strengthening Accountability and Transparency in Timor-Leste, report of the "Alkatiri Initiative" review, UNOTIL, January 2006.

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Woodside Petroleum: 2005 Concise Annual Report and Financials,  Health, Safety, Environment, and Community Report, Speeches by Woodside Chairman and CEO, April 2006

Woodside financial report for first quarter 2006, April 2006

Demand for natural gas ignites shares of Woodside Petroleum, WSJ, December 2005

Mauritania's Poor Skeptical on Oil Riches, Washington Post, August 2005
Woodside may face probe on Mauritania, The Australian, May 2006

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Africa:

Publish What You Pay special report on Africa, January 2006

Nigeria: Shell told to pay $1.5 bln damages, Reuters, February 2006

SHELL IN NIGERIA oil and gas reserves crisis and political risks, by Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth, and Platform and Stakeholder Democracy Network, June 2004

Nigeria: Are human rights in the pipeline? Amnesty International, November 2004

São Tomé and Nigeria: Inquiry finds lack of transparency and serious flaws in oil licensing round, PWYP, January 2006

Chad: Contracting Out of Human Rights: The Chad–Cameroon pipeline project Amnesty International, September 2005

Chad and the World Bank: PWYP urges all stakeholders to resume talks to end current stalemate over oil revenue management law dispute, Publish What You Pay, 3 February 2006

Chad's Oil Riches, Meant for Poor, Are Diverted, NY Times, 18 February 2006

The Riddle of the Sphynx: where has Congo’s oil money gone? Global Witness, December 2005

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Updated and additional information on PetroTimor's lawsuit against ConocoPhillips.

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Australia-New Zealand Boundary Treaty enters into force, January 2006
Australian Parliamentary hearings on this treaty, March 2005

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ETAN/US Press release and demonstration about negotiations, May and July 2005
Timor Sea Justice Campaign demonstrations, April 2005

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ConocoPhillips 2004 Annual Report in Bahasa Indonesia and 2005 Annual Report, April 2006
ConocoPhillips Profit Surges on Oil Prices, NY Times, January 2006

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Santos 2005 Annual Report, April 2006

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Inpex financial results, 2005

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Pumping Poverty: Britain’s Department for International Development and the oil industry, Platform research, March 2005

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Petroleum, Poverty and Security, briefing paper by Keith Myers for Chatham House, June 2005

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Timor-Leste National Workshop on Climate Change, UNDP, November 2003

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Crude designs: The Rip-Off of Iraq's Oil Wealth, Platform, IPS and others, November 2005

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Down To Earth Articles on BP Tangguh project from 2002 and 2003.

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Background Papers for the Development Partners Meeting from World Bank and RDTL government, April 2006.

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RDTL National Budget (excerpts) 2005-6, August 2005

Version 2.6  15 February 2006

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CMATS Treaty and associated press releases, analyses and other documents, January 2006.

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Briefing paper on the likely Greater Sunrise deal, Timor Sea Justice Campaign, July 2005

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Australian Petroleum News, November 2005. Projected 2006 offshore petroleum release.

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OSI "Follow the Money" book in Bahasa Indonesia

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Banking and Payments Authority Annual Report for 2005

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First Quarterly Report from Petroleum Fund, Sept. 2005.  BPA Press release.

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Oil and Gas, Northern Territory 2004: four-page pamphlet summarizing the NT's oil and gas prospects

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Background papers relating to Liquefied Natural Gas, including
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2004 Corporate Social Responsibility Report from Atlantic LNG, Trinidad, June 2005.

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Global LNG Market Status & Outlook, U.S. Energy Information Administration, December 2003.

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Australia's LNG Capability, Australian ITR presentation, December 2003.

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Australian LNG Industry fact sheet from Australian ISR website, September 2005.

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LNG Development Question Becomes "How" Rather than "Whether", Cambridge Energy Research Associates, November 2005.

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Version 2.51  7 October 2005

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Timor-Leste Petroleum Act, passed by Parliament 29 July 2005.

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Timor-Leste Petroleum Taxation Act, passed by Parliament 5 July 2005.

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The Timor-Leste Model Production-Sharing Contract, August 2005.

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JPDA Petroleum Mining Code, released August 2005.

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JPDA Model Production Sharing Contract, released August 2005.

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JPDA 2005 acreage release, September 2005.

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LH Bulletin: Petroleum Dependency, Leaky Petroleum Regime, AusAID limits free speech, November 2005.

Version 2.5  25 September 2005

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Drilling into Debt, an investigation into the relationship between debt and oil. Oil Change International, June 2005.

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Woodside information on new drilling near Laminaria-Corallina, buyout of Shell's share in L/C, joining EITI, and first half 2005 profit increases (ASX financials, ASX Announcement, presentation).

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Petroleum Fund Act as signed into law, July 2005

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Operational Management Agreement between the Minister for Planning and Finance and the Banking & Payments Authority on the Petroleum Fund, July 2005.

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Banking and Payments Authority newsletter on the Petroleum Fund, July 2005

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Timor-Leste establishes Petroleum Fund, September 2005

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Publish What You Pay presentation at Timor-Leste NGO seminar, July 2005.

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Extracting Transparency: The need for an International Financial Reporting Standard for the Extractive Industries by Publish What You Pay and others, September 2005. Also press release.

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Revenue Transparency in Extractive Industries: The role of International Financial Institutions. Bank Information Center, November 2004.

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Covering Oil: A Reporter's Guide to Energy and Development. Open Society Institute Revenue Watch, July 2005.

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The Petroleum Potential of Timor-Leste, presentation from government to Parliament, May 2005.

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Seismic data available for Timor-Leste near off-shore survey, August 2005.

Version 2.4  11 June 2005

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Additional Submissions to the Ministry of Planning and Finance on the draft Petroleum Fund Act from NeTEJ & LABEH, CIITT & CAFOD, Oxfam in Timor-Leste, Rede Feto, Banking and Payments Authority, IMF, and World Bank (March 2005)

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Petroleum Fund Act as approved by the Council of Ministers (Tetum, Portuguese), 12 April 2005

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Submissions to Parliament on the Petroleum Fund Act from (June 2005)
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La'o Hamutuk (also Portuguese)

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Lalenok Ba Ema Hotu (LABEH)

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Oxfam in Timor-Leste (also Portuguese)

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Jennifer Drysdale, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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Joseph C. Bell, attorney, Washington, DC USA

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Martin E. Sandbu, Columbia University, New York USA

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Australian annual release of areas for offshore petroleum exploration (March 2005)

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Surat Popular Fronteira Maritima (PDF) (2005)

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Chad’s Oil: Miracle or Mirage? Following the Money in Africa’s Newest Petro-State. Report by Catholic Relief Services and Bank Information Center, February 2005

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Violence in Nigeria's Oil Rich Rivers State in 2004, Human Rights Watch, February 2005

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Gauging Progress on Oil in Nigeria, report from Dr. E. O. Emmanuel, Port Harcourt, September 2004

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Article on Social Impacts of the Amazon pipeline in Brazil

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Materials from Development Partners Meeting, April 2005
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Government Budget 2004-5 (April 2004)

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Mid-Year Review (excerpts) (PDF) (December 2004)

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RDTL Background Paper (excerpts), PDF (April 2005)

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World Bank Background Paper (excerpts)PDF  (April 2005)

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Sector Investment Program for Natural Resources and Environment and Details on New Projects (April 2005)

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Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative conference in London, 17 March 2005:

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EITI Source book

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La'o Hamutuk commentPDF

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Statement by Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri

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NGO Coalition statement from Publish What You Pay

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Updated corporate information, including

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ConocoPhillips 2004 Annual Report (PDF)

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Woodside Concise and Complete 2004 Annual Reports (PDF). First quarter 2005 report.

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Tokyo Electric Power Company, new shareholder in Bayu-Undan

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Tokyo Gas Company, new shareholder in Bayu-Undan

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INPEX basic information and annual reports

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Shell 2004 Summary and Annual Report

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Santos 2004 Annual Report

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Osaka Gas Corporate and 2004 Annual Report

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Paladin increases its share of Laminaria-Corallina and surrounding area, 2004 Annual Report

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Eni 2004 Annual Report, Australia description

Version 2.02  5 March 2005

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Public consultation about draft Petroleum Fund Act (Tetum, Portuguese)

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Public meeting presentation (Tetum, Portuguese) and Frequently Asked Questions (Tetum, Portuguese) relating to the draft Petroleum Fund Act. (14 Feb. 2005)

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La'o Hamutuk Submission (PDF) on the draft Petroleum Fund Act. (March 2005)

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Submissions on the draft Petroleum Fund Act from Martin E. Sandbu, Joseph C. Bell, Global Witness (also Portuguese), Jennifer Drysdale, and Estanislau Saldanha (in Tetum)

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Banking and Payments Authority 2003-4 Annual Report and January 2005 Economic Bulletin

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Law 2004-7 on the Office of the Provedor

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Conoco Phillips 2003 Annual Report

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Woodside Full Financial Report for 2003

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Woodside Fourth quarter 2004 financials, Net profit report for 2004, Full Financial report for 2004, Briefing on 2004 results

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Australia's Woodside sees Timor Sea gas project as viable although stalled (Feb. 2005)

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Gov't considered spy probe oil platform (Feb. 2005)

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PM Alkatiri announces completion of seismic survey (Feb. 2005)

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Timor-Leste statement to the United Nations concerning Australia's submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) (Feb. 2005)

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Timor-Leste writes to Woodside asking for information about an oil spill at Laminaria (Feb. 2005)

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Transcript of DFAT Media briefing on Timor Sea issues (Feb. 2005)

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Timor Sea compromise near The Australian (March 2005)

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Bayu-Undan loadings to suspend in April for maintenance (Feb/March 2005)

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NT Chief Minister celebrates soaring employment at Wickham Point LNG Plant (Feb. 2005)

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Video and newspaper reprint of the Australia Day advertisements supporting Timor-Leste's maritime boundaries (Jan. 2005)

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Seventeen senior members of the U.S. Senate and Congress urge Australia to negotiate seriously (March 2005)

Version 2.01  9 February 2005

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Draft Petroleum Fund Act in English, Portuguese and Tetum. (Jan. 2005)

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Portuguese translations of La'o Hamutuk submissions on Petroleum Regime and Petroleum Fund Discussion paper.

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Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative Statement of Principles (June 2003)

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Extractive Industry Transparency in Timor-Leste: Limitations in Practice, by La'o Hamutuk to World Bank EITI Implementation Meeting (Feb. 2005). PDF

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A Touch of Crude, Mother Jones Magazine. Includes Resource Curse statistics (Jan. 2005)

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São Tomé and Príncipe Enacts Model Oil Revenue Management Law (Jan. 2005)

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Record $1.5 Billion Santos Revenue (Jan. 2005)

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Paladin Resources buys into Laminaria-Corallina; background on Paladin

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Woodside finds leak at Laminaria (Jan. 2005)

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Articles on the pending resumption of Australia-East Timor boundary negotiations

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Articles on the upcoming licensing round in the uncontested part of the Timor Sea

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Text of the July 2004 Australia-New Zealand boundary Treaty and Australian National Interest Analysis

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Several articles on the TV Commercial which challenged Australia's position (Jan. 2005)

Version 2.0  8 January 2005

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Timor-Leste Council of Ministers passes petroleum laws (Dec. 2004)

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Corruption: Murky Business in Oil by Miren Gutierrez, Inter Press Service (Aug. 2003)

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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.

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Five position papers by Francisco Monteiro

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Transparency International Corruption Perception Index 2004 (PDF)

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'Resource curse' holds no fears for newest petro-economy by Jose Ramos-Horta in The Australian (Aug. 2004)

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East Timor's Resource Curse? by Lee J.M. Seymour in Far Eastern Economic Review (Nov. 2000)

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Resource Impact: A Curse or a Blessing? by Prof. Paul Stevens, Univ. of Dundee, Scotland (April 2003)

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IMF Manual on Fiscal Transparency and Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency.

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ConocoPhillips says plans $6.9-bil in 2005 capital spending (Dec. 2004)

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Map and listing of Production-Sharing Contracts in the Joint Development Area (Dec. 2003)

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Petroleum Revenue Management - an Industry Perspective by Willy H. Olsen, senior advisor to the President of the Norwegian company Statoil, 2002.

Version 1.99   19 December 2004

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U.S. Energy Information Administration briefing paper on Australia's energy issues (Nov. 2004)

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

bulletAustralian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia-East Timor Maritime Boundaries: Finding an Equitable Solution (July 2004)
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Following the Money 101: A Primer on Money-Trail Investigations by the Coalition for International Justice, February 2004. Also Follow the Money: A Guide to Monitoring Budgets and Oil and Gas Revenues by Jim Shultz for Revenue Watch, Open Society Institute, April 2004.

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Material on offshore seismic exploration contract awarded by RDTL in September 2004, including the IAGC Marine Geophysical Safety Manual and other information.

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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

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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.

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Jose Ramos-Horta speech at the Lowy Institute in Australia threatening to ask the UN General Assembly to take Australia to the International Court of Justice. (November 29 2004)

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Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri keynote address at the Southeast Asia Oil Conference (9 June 2004)

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Submissions and documents on Petroleum Fund consultation, including from La'o Hamutuk.

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Article on Banking and Payments Authority from January 2004 La'o Hamutuk Bulletin, as well as BPA founding Regulation, Executive Order, 2003-4 Annual Report (Portuguese) and January 2005 Economic Bulletin.

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October 2004 La'o Hamutuk Bulletin   PDF  
Editorial reprint: Can East Timor Avoid the Resource Curse?

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Public Consultation on 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.

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Index of files on this CD-ROM relating to transparency and accountability.

bulletThe Blessed Curse by Quinton Temby, New Internationalist October 2003
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 Map of Australia's worldwide maritime boundary claim

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Greater Sunrise stands to lose if floating LNG plan sinks, OGN, June 2004

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Slide presentation on East Timor and the Resource Curse, by La'o Hamutuk, Yale University (November 2004).

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Woodside gives up on Greater Sunrise (three articles)

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Woodside announces deal with Iraqi government

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All East Timor seeks is a fair go by Mari Alkatiri, Melbourne Age (3 November 2004),

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East Timor digs in over Sunrise gas dispute, New Zealand Herald (23 November 2004)

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Statement from Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri following unsuccessful negotiations with Australia (27 October 2004)

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Timor-Leste Civil Society Demands A Fair Maritime Boundary press release (27 October 2004)
Timor-Leste Civil Society Demands Fair Boundary press release (29 September 2004)

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Proposed petroleum regime for Timor-Leste, including draft laws, public consultation and public submissions from La'o Hamutuk and others.

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Model petroleum revenue management law from Sao Tome and Principe

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Australia and New Zealand agreement on permanent maritime boundary (July 2004)

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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)   Bahasa Indonesia

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Ita nia Mina Rai, Ita nia Futuru (PDF), surat popular from La'o Hamutuk (Tetum)

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Report on East Timorese civil society visit to Nigeria (January 2004), also PDF

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Rough Guide to Transparency and Natural Resource Revenues, briefing paper from CAFOD.  PDF

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Excerpts from documents from May 2004 Development Partner's Meeting: Government Budget 2004-5, World Bank Background PaperTFET projects to support petroleum development

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

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Considerations For the Management Of Oil In Iraq by Human Rights Watch (April 2003, PDF)

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ConocoPhillips 2002 Fact Book (PDF)

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John Howard's response (2 April) to letter from U.S. Congress (9 March)

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Movement Against the Occupation of the Timor Sea and the first issue of Tasi News (PDF)

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Updated RDTL Timor Sea Office website (downloaded 19 October)

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Timor Sea Designated Authority website (downloaded 19 October)

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Timor Sea Justice Campaign (Australia) website (downloaded 19 October).
TSJC Press release on 20 May demonstrations across Australia.

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Timor Sea Designated Authority website

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Compilation of cartoons relating to boundary dispute

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Boundary negotiations history and index page.

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Compilation of media articles on 2004 boundary talks, including transcripts of Dateline and Four Corners television programs, as well as FEER, Time, Wall Street Journal, the Economist and others.

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President Xanana Gusmão spoke out strongly (6 April)

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Opening Statement by Prime Minister Alkatiri at boundary talks (19 April 2004)

bulletInternational Commission of Jurists statement on Timor Dispute (22 April 2004)
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TSO press release DFAT Expert Supports East Timor's Maritime Rights (23 April 2004)

bulletAustralian Green Party fact sheet Demanding a Fair Go for East Timor (May 2004)
bulletOxfam/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)
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Discussion of the Timor Sea dispute in the U.S. House of Representatives during the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement debate (14 July 2004)

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Proposed East Timor petroleum legislation: Summary,
Draft Petroleum ActDraft Petroleum Tax Act, Draft Production Sharing Contract,
Draft Production Sharing Contract for the JPDA, Draft Petroleum Mining Code for the JPDA

Version 1.95   13 April 2004

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Movement Against the Occupation of the Timor Sea founding statement (14 April 2004)

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Australia release of new offshore areas for oil exploration in territory claimed by East Timor. East Timor's government protests.

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Australian Senate ratification of the Sunrise Unitization Agreement, including legislation, submissions, reports, and transcripts of hearings and floor debate.

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Press releases from East Timor's governments on 22, 26 and 31 March about Australia's actions. Tetum translation of 31 March release.

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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)

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March 2004 La'o Hamutuk  Bulletin in English   PDF
March 2004 La'o Hamutuk Bulletin in Bahasa Indonesia   PDF

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January 2004 La'o Hamutuk Bulletin in Bahasa Indonesia   PDF

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Tetum translation of letter from U.S. Congress to John Howard

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Timor Sea Justice Campaign Fact Sheet and Sunrise IUA Briefing Paper

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RDTL press release: East Timor receives $644,000 grant from USTDA to support petroleum sector.

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Positions relating to the Timor Sea adopted by the Victoria State and national Australian Labor Party

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Santos press release on first condensate shipment from Bayu-Undan

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East Timor eyes Chinese survey of onshore petroleum resources

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Many media reports relating to Bayu-Undan developments

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Photographs of Bayu-Undan project

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Information about Bechtel Corporation, main contractor for the Wickham Point LNG plant.  PDF.

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Osaka Gas Corporate Profile (August 2003), PDF

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Eni preliminary results for 2003, PDF.  Article Italians (Eni) may say arrivederci to Bayu

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Shell Fourth Quarter 2003 and full year press release and financial results, PDF)

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Woodside Concise Annual Report for 2003. February 2004. (PDF)

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Woodside to Study Pipeline Option from Sunrise to East Timor (news report, 10 March 2004)

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Documents from Santos: Santos Focus On Moomba, Timor Sea (AFR, January 2004), Description of Bayu-Undan Condensate properties, Map of Santos exploration in the Timor Sea, Press release on final Bayu-Undan approval (June 2003), Projections for Bayu-Undan production (December 2003), Earnings report for 2003 (February 2004), Press release on first condensate shipment from Bayu-Undan (March 2004)

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Documents from ConocoPhillips: 2004 Capital Budget approved, ConocoPhillips replaces 106% of 2003 production, Earnings report for fourth quarter and all of 2003

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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

bulletMining and Energy, Northern Territory Economy book chapter 8 (May 2000)
bulletDomestic Onshore Options for Timor Sea Gas: Analysis of implications for Australia (report by ACIL for the NT Government, May 2002)
bulletBayu-Undan: Catalyst for a New Energy Province by Phillips CEO Mulva at Australia Petroleum Conference (2000)
bulletBayu-Undan gas and condensate field, Bonaparte Basin, technical information from APPEA (2000)
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Papers presented at the Transparency and Accountability in Government workshop, Dili, 22-25 March 2004
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Opening Remarks by President Xanana Gusmão.   Portuguese    Tetum

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Oil & Gas Explorations: Implications to Timor-Leste by Francisco Monteiro, Office of the President of RDTL. PowerPoint.    Bahasa Indonesia

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Can Timor Leste Avoid the Resource Curse? by Charles Scheiner, La'o Hamutuk.
PowerPoint  Tetum PowerPoint

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Time for Transparency: Coming clean on oil, mining and gas revenues by Global Witness. Entire paper(PDF)  Portuguese

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Fuelling poverty: Oil, war and corruption report by Christian Aid, December 2003. Full report PDF.

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Five papers from the Petropolitics conference in Washington: all PDF (January 2004)
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Bush-Cheney Energy Strategy: Procuring the Rest of the World’s Oil

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Global Warming Backgrounder

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Fueling Conflict; The Global Record

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Toward A Global Energy Transition

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Geology and Mineral Resources of Timor-Leste, ESCAP Atlas of Mineral Resources, 2003 (PDF)

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

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Press reports about forced resignation of top officials of Norwegian Statoil after a bribery scandal (Sept. 2003).

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Timor Sea Office website updated (downloaded 2 April 2004)

Version 1.73  10 March 2004

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Letter from 53 members of the U.S. Congress to John Howard (March 2004)   PDF

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East Timor lobbies for Sunrise gas processing on-shore (Feb. 2004)

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Documents from Woodside, all PDF: Woodside Full Financial Report for 2003, Woodside Concise Financial Report for 2003 3/04, Woodside Reports Net Profit of A$527 Million, Investor Briefing on 2003 results 2/04, Reserves Statement 2/04, Appendix 4E of Preliminary Final Report for 2003 (3/04)

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PetroTimor lawsuit complaint against ConocoPhillips and TSDA. (PDF) 1 March 2004

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RDTL Prime Minister and Council of Ministers deny allegations that they received bribes from ConocoPhillips.

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

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Shell's Top Executive Forced to Step Down (NYT 4 March 2004)

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Pilot production begins at Bayu-Undan (13 February 2004)

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

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More press articles on the boundary controversy

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La'o Hamutuk Bulletin January 2004 Oil Money Requires Good ManagementPDF

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Presentations from Woodside Investor Briefing November 2003: Commitment to Growth, U.S. Roadshow, Gas Strategy, Australian Gas

Version 1.71 1 February 2004

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La'o Hamutuk Action alert for Australia Day 2004.    CIITT Statement.   ETAN statementThai NGO Statement

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Timor-Leste and the Timor Sea: The Essential Facts RDTL Government Timor Sea Office briefing paper on maritime boundaries

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Statement by Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri at Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, London, June 2003.

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Several more press articles on the boundary controversy.

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Timor Sea Office website (downloaded 3 Feb. 2004)

Version 1.7  15 January 2004

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

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

Version 1.62  14 December 2003

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Australia's reply to NGO letter on boundaries

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Transparency International's Corruption Fighters Toolkit, 2002 (PDF)

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Bahasa Indonesia summary of Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Kampanye, also PWYP Himbuan dan Inisiatif Ketransparanan bagi Industri-industri Ekstraktif

Version 1.61  10 December 2003

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Letter from 100 NGOs in 18 countries urging Australian PM John Howard to negotiate boundaries fairly with East Timor (in English, Bahasa Indonesia and Tetum)

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

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Woodside Investor Briefing -- 2003 First Half results. August 2003. (PDF)

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Analysis of how much money Australia has made from Laminaria-Corallina

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Updated information on Australian licensing of new contested areas for exploration, including Australian government press release on new permits awarded.

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La'o Hamutuk Statement to the Development Partners meeting, December 2003.

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RDTL Mid-Year Budget Update, November 2003 and excerpts from RDTL and World Bank background papers, and Sector Investment Plan for Timor Sea Oil

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Australian Senate Committee report on East Timor, 2000.

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Introduction to Climate Change (Powerpoint)

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Publish What You Pay initiative on mandatory reporting of what oil and mining companies pay to governments.

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Poverty Reduction or Poverty Exacerbation? World Bank Group Support for Extractive Industries in Africa, paper by Scott Pegg, April 2003. (PDF)

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Lifting the Resource Curse: Extractive industry, children and governance from Save the Children, UK. 2003 (PDF)

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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)

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The Mineral Industries of Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome (PDF), 2002

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O Fundo do Barril: O ‘Boom’ do Petróleo em África e os Pobres (PDF)  Catholic Relief Services, 2003.

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Iraq Occupation Report: Control of Oil Revenues by Michael Renner, September 2003 (PDF)

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IRAQ: the petroleum exploration and production handbook by Michael A.G. Bunter (PDF)

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Jatam presentation and Powerpoint Indonesia’s Oil and Gas Industry and  the Resistance to Transnational  Companies, September 2003.

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Hydrocarbons Technology information on Greater Sunrise

Version 1.50  November 2003

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August 2003 La'o Hamutuk Bulletin Update on Timor Sea, also Glossary and PDFIndonesian with PDF.

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Poverty Reduction or Poverty Exacerbation? World Bank Group Support for Extractive Industries in Africa, by Scott Pegg, April 2003. (PDF)

bulletGlobal 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)
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Summary of correspondence between Prime Ministers of East Timor and Australia about maritime boundary negotiations.

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New East Timor laws on Taxation of Bayu-Undan Contractors and Timor Sea Petroleum Development (Tax Stability)

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Bayu-Undan Production Sharing Contracts (full text, PDF)

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Information from RDTL 2003-2004 budget, with oil revenue shortfall.

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Australian Parliamentary submissions, testimony, and report on the Sunrise Unitization Agreement.

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Australian Court dismissal of PetroTimor's case on jurisdictional grounds. 

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Caspian Revenue Watch report and overview (both PDF) on who will benefit from oil windfalls in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and around the world.

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The Oil Trap (PDF). Report by Transparency International.

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Niger Delta Women For Justice website

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CRS report: Bottom of the Barrel: Africa's Oil Boom and the Poor. Report by Catholic Relief Services, 2003. Summary (PDF)   Full Report (PDF)

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Africa Bishops' Statement on Oil and Poverty (PDF)

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Small corrections and updates on various pages.

Version 1.22  June 2003

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Papers presented at Dili resources conference

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Canberra debate and ratification of Timor Sea Treaty

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Signing of Sunrise Unitization Agreement.

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Nuno Antunes paper on joint development

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2002 corporate annual reports from Shell, ConocoPhillips, Woodside, and Santos. Many other new corporate press releases, etc. can be reached from the companies index.

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Updated information on worldwide resistance to negative petroleum effects, especially in Nigeria.

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Australian government 2003 release of offshore petroleum areas.

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Auto-run ability and software utilities added to this CD.

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