Major Oil and Gas Fields in the Timor Sea Contents| Within the Joint Petroleum Development Area (JPDA) | On the border of the JPDA or contested with Australia | Areas in Timor-Leste's undisputed territory contracted in 2006 | Elsewhere in the Timor Sea | | | Areas in the JPDA contracted in 2006 | |
Map showing oil and gas field locationsThe Timor Sea is divided between East Timorese, Australian, and Indonesian territory, as explained in the May and July 2002 La’o Hamutuk Bulletins. The map below, from the July Bulletin (explanation of map terms), shows the location of each field and relevant boundaries, both from the Timor Sea Treaty (JPDA) and from historical and legal references. Click on a field in the map below for more information about it. 
 The Northern Territory Government (Australia) has published a map. Click on the thumbnail image at right to get a bigger image in a separate window. In August 2003, the NT government published a number of fact sheets, including Timor Sea Oil and Gas, Timor Sea Oilfields, and Timor Sea Gas Discoveries. The Timor Sea one is also available as PDF.
The following graph shows the amount of oil and gas resources remaining in each field as of the middle of 2002, plus which international oil companies have signed production-sharing contracts (PSC's) with the Australian and/or East Timorese governments to allocate the oil resources. Click on a company or oilfield name in the following graph to go directly to more information about it. 
Since the above graph was prepared, shares in Bayu-Undan have been sold to Tokyo Electric Company and Tokyo Gas Company, and shares in Laminaria-Corallina to Paladin llc and then to Talisman. How the ownership of the fields has changed over time This table shows the percentage of the upstream revenues Timor-Leste will be entitled to under the different legal regimes proposed from 1999 through 2006. | Name of field | Indonesia pre-99 (TGT) | TL by UNCLOS (legal rights) | TL under treaties 2003 (TST&IUA) | TL under treaties 2006 (CMATS) | Total oil reserve
million barrels | Total gas reserve
trillion cubic ft | Oil already produced (9/06) | Gas already produced (9/06) | | Laminaria-Corallina | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 210 | 0 | 175 | 0.0 | | Buffalo | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 | | Greater Sunrise | 10% | 100% | 18% | 50% | 290 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | | Elang-Kakatua | 50% | 100% | 90% | 90% | 56 | 0 | 50 | 0.0 | | Bayu-Undan | 50% | 100% | 90% | 90% | 400 | 3.4 | 68 | 0.1 | | TOTAL | 24% | 100% | 42% | 60% | 987 | 11.1 | 324 | 0.1 | | Calculations by La'o Hamutuk, November 2006
Sources: Woodside and Santos corporate reports, RDTL press releases, and treaty documents |
 | Operator: ConocoPhillips (57.2%) | | Partners: ENI (11%), Santos (11.4%), INPEX (11.3%), Tokyo Electric Power Company/Tokyo Gas Co. (9.2%) (August 2007) | | Offshore Technology information (2000) | | Bayu-Undan oilfield map from Phillips; map showing wells | | Bayu-Undan: Catalyst for a New Energy Province by Phillips CEO Mulva at Australia Petroleum Conference (2000) | | Bayu-Undan gas and condensate field, Bonaparte Basin, geological information from APPEA (2000) | | NT Government fact sheets: Aug. 2003 PDF March 2002 | | East Timor Government fact sheet | | Extensive Phillips website on Bayu-Undan, with many photos (not updated since 2002) | Project introduction, map, operations, contacts, materials, engineering, drilling, jobs, health and safety | | Project updates: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 | | Slide shows: Project Overview (13 March 2000)
Doing Business (7 October 2000) | | Audiovisuals: photos, site camera (must be on-line), fly-through video simulation |
| | NT Chief Minister Clare Martin Pushes for Territory Jobs during Discussions with Conoco Phillips (Dec. 2002) | | Production Sharing Contracts finalized (16 May 2003). Links to full text of Contracts | | Description of Bayu-Undan Condensate properties from Santos | | Photos of Bayu-Undan construction and platforms (June 2003) | | Santos press release on final Bayu-Undan approval, June 2003 (PDF) | | Tokyo Electric finalizes participation in Bayu-Undan (June 30, 2003) | | Taxation of Bayu-Undan Contractors Act (July 2003) | | Santos projections for Bayu-Undan production, December 2003 (PDF) | | Italians (Eni) may say arrivederci to Bayu (news report, December 2003) | | Information about Bechtel Corporation, main contractor for the Wickham Point LNG plant. PDF. | | Santos Focus On Moomba, Timor Sea, Australian Financial Review, January 2004 | | History of Technical Activities in the TSDA, Powerpoint presentation by Technical Director Nick Kyranis at opening of TSDA Information Center (Feb. 2004) | | Pilot production begins at Bayu-Undan (13 February 2004) | | First condensate shipment from Bayu-Undan, Santos press release (March 2004) | | Bayu-Undan loadings to suspend in April for maintenance (Feb/March 2005) | | NT Chief Minister celebrates soaring employment at Wickham Point LNG Plant (Feb. 2005) | | Descriptions of Bayu-Undan and Bayu-Undan LNG from Santos website. (Nov. 2005) | | First Payment of Profit Oil, TSDA Press release, (Dec. 2006) | | Bayu-Undan and Darwin LNG: One Year On, (Northern) Territory Quarterly (January 2007) | | Australia's Top Engineering Award Goes to Bayu-Undan Partners Fluor Corp., (Feb. 2007)
Award citation | | Santos quarterly filings with the Australian Stock Exchange include information on Bayu-Undan production and sales: 3Q 2005, 4Q 2005, 1Q 2006, 2Q 2006, 3Q 2006, 4Q 2006, 1Q 2007, 2Q 2007, 3Q 2007. | | Ezra clinches milestone contract for first heavy lift accommodation/pipelay vessel (19 June 2007) | | Santos increases its share of Bayu-Undan. Also media report. (July 2007) | | Australian government responds on Timorese employed in JPDA (July 2007) | | 40-day maintenance shutdown for gas field (5 September 2007) | | Bayu-Undan maintenance shutdown over (24 October 2007) | | Sunrise LNG in Timor-Leste: Dreams, Realities and Challenges. La'o Hamutuk (February 2008)
Contains much information about the LNG plant for Bayu-Undan |
Jahal - Kuda Tasi | Operator: Woodside Australian Energy (33.4%) | | Partners: ConocoPhillips (30%), Shell (25.56%), Osaka Gas (10%) | | NT Government fact sheet March 2002 | | NT Government fact sheet August 2003, and PDF | | East Timor Government fact sheet on Sunrise Unitisation | | Woodside Update on Sunrise Project, June 2002 | | Sunrise Unitisation Agreement signed 6 March 2003. Australia's National Impact Analysis | | Greater Sunrise LNG Development presentation by Woodside to Asia LNG Markets conference, Singapore, March 2003 | | Hydrocarbons Technology information | | East Timor lobbies for Sunrise gas processing on-shore (Feb. 2004) | | Shell: Greater Sunrise stands to lose if floating LNG plan sinks, OGN, June 2004 | | The Case for Saving Sunrise. La'o Hamutuk, July 2004 | | Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements for the Timor Sea (CMATS), January 2006 | | Three articles on ConocoPhillips expansion plans for Sunrise and LNG, 19-20 June 2006 | | Territory awaits dawn of Sunrise, July 2007 | | East Timor unrest will hamper LNG project, August 2007 | | Woodside Profit Rises 16 Percent as Oil Fields Start, August 2007 | | Sunrise LNG Development presentation from Woodside, September 2007 | | (ConocoPhillips CEO) Mulva predicts progress at Sunrise development and Action is behind the scenes for LNG sector, January 2008 | | Sunrise LNG in Timor-Leste: Dreams, Realities and Challenges. La'o Hamutuk, February 2008
Including Tetum summary, extensive reference list, Powerpoints in English and Tetum, and PDF versions. | | Woodside's foot on gas in Timor and Woodside to spend $5b on projects this year, February 2008 | | Woodside floating LNG plan, May 2008 |
| Operator: Woodside Australian Energy (65%) | | Partner: Paladin llc. (35%) | | NT Government fact sheet | | Offshore Technology information | | Laminaria Phase II starts producing, June 2002 | | BHP Billiton sells its share of Laminaria-Corallina to Paladin Resources 2004 | | Woodside Won't Lift Stake in Timor Sea Oil Fields, January 2005 | | Timor Sea oil leak discovered, February 3, 2005 | | Paladin increases shares in Laminaria-Corallina and nearby area, March 2005 | | Woodside increases its share in Laminaria-Corallina, Woodside boosts stake in Timor Sea oil, March 2005 | | Woodside conducts exploratory drilling in AC/P8, adjacent to Laminaria-Corallina, June-July 2005 | | Karoon buys Woodside Acreage in Timor Sea (AC/P8), November 2007 | | Analysis of how much money Australia has made from Laminaria-Corallina, February 2008
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JPDA 06-103 JPDA 06-104 was awarded to Zetex, which later withdrew its bid. JPDA 06-105 Petrel-Tern (Australia, outside East Timor-Leste's EEZ)Jabiru (Australia, outside East Timor-Leste's EEZ)Evans Shoal (Australia, outside East Timor-Leste's EEZ)Abadi (Indonesia, outside Timor-Leste's EEZ) |
