Refleksi: Coba bandingkan dengan bagi hasil dari "oil dan gas deal" yang dijalankan oleh Pertamina.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Governments-close-to-Timor-gas-deal/2005/06/30/1119724758272.html?oneclick=true Governments close to Timor gas deal June 30, 2005 - 10:10PM Australia and East Timor are close to striking a deal on a maritime boundary, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said. The East Timorese government was currently considering a draft deal and it was likely there would be no need for further talks, he said. "The officials have reached agreement and they've now referred it back to (the) ministers," Mr Downer said. "But we await the decision of the East Timorese prime minister and ministers on whether they are happy with what the officials have negotiated. "When we hear some positive messages from them we'll take it back to our own cabinet." He would meet East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao in Sydney next week but it would be the East Timorese prime minister and cabinet who make the decision on the deal. Simply put, the dispute is over how the boundary between Australia and East Timor should be set. Traditional international methods do so by either following the continental shelf, or placing the boundary half-way between the countries involved. A change to the boundary would give East Timor more revenue from oil and gas reserves in the area. Just three weeks ago, Timorese officials said more details needed to be ironed out, although good progress had been made. Mr Downer described those issues as "drafting details". "They've got their own processes in East Timor to go through," he said. "I don't think my cabinet colleagues will have too many problems with what my officials have negotiated." Earlier this month, Federal Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane told a gas conference in Darwin that East Timor stands to earn an extra $US5 billion from an increased share of the revenues from the Greater Sunrise development. That was on top of the 90 per cent share the nation has in the joint petroleum development area with Australia, worth $US14 billion over the next 20 years. He said the deal adopted the East Timorese principle of setting aside maritime claims on the sea bed for some 50 years in return for East Timor getting an increased share of Greater Sunrise revenues. © 2005 AAP Brought to you by [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppi-india.org *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
