Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Horta Ezije Governu Husu Tulun Mari No Negosia Fali Ho Woodside
Prezidenti da Republika DR. Jose Ramos Horta husu Governu Timor Leste atu "Labele suspende, abandona, ko'alia fila fali," ho kompania Woodside.
"Ita tenke Halo Dialogu ho hotu-hotu," Prezidenti Horta dehan hodi hatan kona ba pozisaun Governu ninian ne'ebe taka odamatan ona ba Woodside.
"Agora ita la halo fali dialogu ho ema ne'ebe halo investimentu Dollar juta atus ba atus, liu atus ba mina ne'e. Ita depende de'it ba Bayu Undang. Se Bayu Undang buat ruma akontese. Hanesan rai nakadoko ou asidentes ruma, ne'e ita nia rezeitas mai husi ne'ebe?" Horta Kestiona.
"Ne'e duni ita tenke buka lalais atu hetan akordu. La'os atu faan ita nia ba sira. Mai ita halo negosiasaun didiak para hetan solusaun ida ke diak ba sira tan ba sira la'os instituisaun karidade, sira la'os mather Teresa. Sira ne'e hakarak buka lukru. Ne'e kompania petroleu iha mundu hotu-hotu nune'e."
"Ita halo negosiasaun matenek hanesan uluk primeiru Governu konstitusional halo ho Conoco Philips ho Governu Australia kona ba Bayu Undang no Timor Sea Treaty, agora ita buka oin sa atu implementa akordu Greater sun Rise nian."
Prezidenti da republika sujere atu Governu AMP husu tulun ba Eis Primeiru Ministru Mari Alkatiri atu tulun iha negosiasaun ho Australia.
"Bolu DR. Mari Alkatiri ba rona mos nia opiniaun, foo informasaun loloos ba ha'u. Ne'e para ita haree oin sa hotu-hotu bele baku fera ulun para estratejia ida ke diak liu ba Timor Leste." (TS)
Saturday, 19 June 2010
Bob Brown Urge Canberra to Help TL to Put Presure on Woodside to Bring Pipeline to TL
The leader of Green Party in Australian Parliament told Tempo Semanal that he wants to see Australian Government to support Timor Leste’s position to bring the pipeline from gGreater Sunrise to process on Timor Leste soil. His position is in line with Dili but so far Canberra still silent in regard to the issue. The long Saga between Dili and Woodside over the pipeline direction. The Woodside and Timor Leste Government stand off the issue of the pipeline. Since the end of April Woodside and it’s joint venture has announced their preferred option. It’s build an FLNG. But Timor Leste Government has oppose the company’s announcement. Dili is now getting support from Australian Parliament as Sen Bob Brown step in to voice the Timorese concern. Bob Brown (BB) has came to Dili to stood together with some civil society to protest his own government position in few years ago in front of Hotel Timor. To find out more about Sen Bob Brown's (BB) opinion lets read the exclusive interview done by Tempo Semanal (TS) last week.TS: Pipe to East Timor according to Government here said it will help national Development and reduce dependency on Australian aid. Do you think in this sense Pipep-line to East Timor is also Australian national interest?
BB: Absolutely – it is in Australia’s interest for Timor-Leste to have a strong economy and good employment. We want our neighbours to be vibrant and stable. Having access to your own gas resource is likely to assist Timor-Leste along its development path.
TS: What the impact to the environment if the pipe lines do come to Timor Leste?
BB: Any major industrial development will need an environmental impact assessment to ensure it can be developed in a safe way that does not damage the local environment. This needs to occur whether the pipeline goes to Timor Leste or Darwin. The BP disaster in the United States reminds us that this industry is not risk-free. Both Governments need to ensure that any development plan has extremely rigorous environmental conditions and controls locked in.
TS: Do you think the standoff between Woodside and Timor Leste over the pipeline issue can affect the relation between the two country Australia and East Timor?
BB: Yes - this is why the Australian Greens believe that Prime Minister Rudd needs to step in and demonstrate special good-will towards the Timorese people. The intention of the Treaty that we jointly signed was to see these resources developed for the benefits of the people of Timor-Leste and Australia, not for the sole benefit of private enterprises such as Woodside.
TS: After 10 years East Timor Independence today many people still consider Timor as one of 10th poorest countries in the world and our people living bellow poverty line. What do you say about millions of dollars of Australian aids to ET?
BB: The Australian Greens believe that the aid budget could be increased. Australia lags behind in making a fair contribution to reduction of poverty worldwide and its consequences on both lives and on global security. The Greens believe that the Australian Government needs to adhere to the international standard for aid – which is to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income on aid – it is only half that target in 2010.
TS: Do you have any message to East Timorese because they have celebrate its 8 anniversary of referendum?
BB: Congratulations to the people of Timor-Leste on this 8th anniversary! Your growing nation has much to feel proud about and the Australian people hold a very warm place in our hearts for Timor Leste.
Thursday, 27 May 2010
TS Video: Xanana Is Not Happy with Woodside ho Australia Government
TSVideo: Xanana angry at Woodside and Australia
TSVideo: ANP Rejected Development Plan Woodside try to Escaped From Their Docs
The Woodside Country Director looked back to John and try to get away from the camera but there was not enough room to scape from any frame. They walk in to ANP cxonference room with some newspaper head line photo shows the Demo against Mr. Don Voelte in Dili airport when he came to talk to President Horta and lider of opposition.
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
TS Video: Timor Leste Fight for Pipeline Horta Fight Xanana and Alfredo
There is tension between Government under PM Xanana Gusmao with President of the Republic over their differencies on the issue how the greater sun Rise to develop. Xanana's Government maintain its position for the pipeline to come to Timor Leste while President Jose Ramos Horta shows his pragmatisms over the Woodside decission to have FLNG to process gas from Greater Sunrise field. President some times criticised Xanana's Government because he has not received any study report by Petronas.
The Government claimed that Woodside and its patners not comply with all the requirement and futheremore the Australian Company always try to ruled out pipeline to Timor Leste options since 2008.
In his letter response to Woodside 29/04/2010 announcement Xanana said, "while Timorese still suffered in 1989 Australian Foreign Minister G. Evans and Ali Alatas fropm Indonesia fly over the Timor sea and signed an agreement to share our resources. Australia get it because they supported the integration and Indonesia have it because the accepted the integration," Xanana told the public in Vemase Sub-District, District Baukau earli this month.
Xanana Said it's very difficult to face the big countries that's why he appeal to all political parties and leaders to stand together to fight for the national interest.
Some of the Timorese alleged President horta is becoming the spokes person of the Woodside and its joint venture when Horta decide to meet Woodside and its partners while the government closed their door to woodside. Horta was very angry at these people and demanding for an appology but Rui Castro and two other collegues said, they will not going to ask any appology to the head of state. "I will not going to ask any pardon from horta before he explain his possition to the public why he seems so defensive for a company like Woodside which has been recommended by an international company from Norway which said Woodside is not prudent," said Rui Castro.
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Horta-Mari Loke Odamatan ba Woodside Xanana ho Povu Taka
Iha loron 07/05 delegasaun Woodside ne’ebe lidera husi Don Voelte mai hasoru malu ho Prezidente da Republika Demokratika Timor Leste, Jose Ramos Horta no Sekretariu Jeral Partidu Fretilin Dr. Mari alkatiri. Iha fatin Primeiru Ministru RDTL lakohi atu hasoru malu ho delegasaun ne’e inklui rejeita proposta enkontru ne’ebe husu husi Ministru Negosiu Estranjeiru Australia ne’ebe sei hala’o iha Aileu loron 14/05/2010 tan ba diskorda ho obsaun kadoras Greater Sunrise. Iha semana ruma liu ba Prezidente da Republika foo sai ona ninia sujeztaun atu dezenvolvimentu greater sunrise uza FLNG maibe IV Governu mantein nafatin Kadoras ne’e atu dada mai Timor Leste.
Prezidente da Republika hasoru malu ho Ulun boot Woodside iha (07/05) tuku 12:00 OTL. “Ha’u atu enkontru ho ema husi Woodside agora,” dehan Horta Minutu ruma antes delegasaun Woodside too iha palasiu Prezidente.
Maibe antes ne’e PR dehan ona ninia diponibilidade atu ko’alia ho Woodside. “Ha’u Prontu no oviamente sei kontente liu tan atu simu vizita husi Woodside nia CEO, Sr. Don Voelte no ninia ekipa. Nune’e ha’u bele rona direitamene sira nia argumentu kona ba vantajen sira nia desizaun hodi obta sistema Floating LNG iha prosesu gas iha area Greater Sunrise, duke kadoras ida ba Darwin ka mai Timor Leste,” dehan Horta.
“Ha’u la iha opiniaun firmeza kona ba asuntu ida ne’e maibe ne’e hatudu hanesan obsaun kompromi ida. Maibe kompromi ida ne’e tenke bazea ba estudu tekniku no komersial nian. Sasan sira ne’e labele bazea ba lina kompromi politika nian. Buat ne’e tekniku no ne’e mos kona ba komersial.”
Horta mos ladun kontente ho pozisaun Governu ninian ho la aceita Woodside ninia anunsiu kona ba uza Floating LNG iha dezenvolvimentu Greater Sunrise. “Totalmente governu la konsulta ho ha’u kona ba rejeksaun ba Woodside ho ninia konsorsiu nia proposta investimentu atu harii Floating LNG. Nune’e ha’u preokupa ho ita nia parte foti pozisaun ruma hanesan fali buat ne’e isu politika ida. Buat ne’e ekonomia, buat ne’e komersial, financial no buat ne’e teknikal nune’e la iha buat ida ho soverania no independensia,” PR dehan.
Iha enkontru ne’eba Prezidente da Republika mos konvida atu membru konsellu do Estadu mos partisipa maibe husi membru nain sanulu 13 Konsellu ne’e partisipa de’it nain haat hodi rona esplikasaun husi Woodside. Woodside halo aprezentasaun ninia planu liu husi power point no simu perguntas balun Xefe do Estadu.
“Ne’e enkontru di’ak tebes no ami apresia tebes ho Prezidente ninia tempu no ninia perguntas no opiniaun mesak diak,” Ulun boot woodside dehan ba Jornalista sira hafoin de aprezentasaun.
Antes enkontru ho Woodside ba Jornalista sira PR hatudu ninia preokupasaun kona ba manifestasaun hasoru Xefe boot kompania Woodside ho ninia sosiu sira iha loron kinta tuku neen iha aeroportu nicolao Lobato.Joven sira ne’e lori espandux lubun ruma no iha espanduk ida foo lembra fali Woodside ba kazu ne’ebe mosu iha nasaun Mauritania, “Timor Leste la’os Mauritania.” Lia fuan ne’e halo oin mean ba kompania Woodside no Demo ne’e konsege empata minutu balun deslokasaun delegasaun Woodside mai dili laran hodi enkontru ho Prezidente Jose Ramos Horta ho sekretariu Jeral partidu Fretilin Dr. Mari Alkatiri. “Buat pipeline ne’e la’os resolve ho manifestasaun. Ita bele halo manifestasaun oioin maibe desizaun mai husi Dialogu, negosiasaun husi ita nia governu ho investores sira. Tan ba buat ne’e investor sira maka tau osan iha ne’eba nune’e ita tenke rona sira nia estudu. Iha mundu ne’e ha’u nunka rona kompania mina atu dada pipeline ba iha fatin ne’e ka ne’eba sira halo tan ba manifestasaun,” dehan Horta ho hamnasa sinista.
Eis diplomata ulun Timor Leste nian ne’e sei hatudu ninia pragmatizmu hodi afavor ba proposta husi Woodside. .
“Ha’u hakarak pipeline ne’e mai maibe ha’u mos pronto atu simu obsaun seluk, se ha’u haree ke obsaun be dada pipeline mai Timor ne’e teknikamente perigozu ba ita rasik, ba meu ambiente, no se ita haree karung demais tan ba prosesu ne’e karun tebetebes,” relata Horta.
Xefe Estadu lamenta nafatin katak nia seidauk simu estudu ruma husi parte Governu Timor Leste hodi foo roman ba nia atu defende pozisaun TL ninian iha kadoras Sunrise. Nune’e Ulun Boot nasaun ne’e dehan, “Ita nia governu mos tenke aprezenta ho Prezidente da Republika. Para se ha’u atu defende ne’e iha Australia, defende dialogu ho investor sira ha’u tenke iha dadus. Governu mos tenke iha dadus loloos. Governu labele hateten deit, ami mehi ami hakarak pipeline ne’e mai Timor.”
Rui castro hateten, “la devia Prezidente hasoru malu ho kompania ne’ebe la prudente hanesan woodside no kompania ne’e la respeitu produtu nia nain, loloos ita la presiza tan atu ko’alia ho nia.”
Emprezariu nasional ne’e expresa ninia lamentasoens ba hahalok pragmatizmu Prezidente da Republika ne’ebe hahu haluha ema ki’ak hodi hakuak kompania Woodside.“Xefe estadu dehan nia haree ba aspektu tekniku no komersial nia konsidera atu simu namlele iha tasi leten. Opiniaun ne’ebe hasai husi Xefe Estadu ne’e la refleta aspirasaun maioria povu timor leste ne’ebe hakarak greater Sunrise ne’e dada mai timor. Loloos hanesan Xefe de Estadu labele foo dalan uitoan mos..uitoan mos…. ba WoodSide para dehan Xefe Estadu ne’e sei iha posibilidade para ita atu ko’alia.,” dehan Rui.
“Ha’u kontesta Prezidente da Republika ne’ebe iha kampania dehan ha’u prezidente ba ema ki’ak enatun nia mos tenke hahalok hanesan ne’e mos la’os foo fali sinal apoiu ba kompania ida.”
“Se Greater Sunrise konsege dada mai Timor maka sei foo servisu balun ba ema Timor oan sira hanesan bele hamoos rai, seguransa, fase bikan ka fase roupa no sei iha buat barak tan. Ne’e pelumenus aumenta rendimentu ba ema ki’ak balun.”
“Tan ba ne’e maka ha’u foo apoiu mill pursentu ba komandante Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao ho ninia governu no mos husu apoiu ba lideransa Timor oan hotu-hotu par abele mantein pozisaun hodi hateten ba Australia katak…Mina ne’e tenke dada mai Timor. Se Australia ho Woodside lakohi para tiha, husik ba futuru. Tan ba Timor Ne’e la’os jajahan Australia nian. Timor ne’e la’os Australia ho Woodside nia oan. Timor ne’e nasaun ida.”
Rui mos deskonfia ekipa ne’ebe ba halo negosiasaun ba Greater Sunrise hodi dehan, “ha’u hanoin kompania ne’e la’os mesak maibe iha interese mos husi nasaun sira ne’ebe iha interese ba mina ho sira hetan mos apoiu husi Timor oan balun ne’ebe dala ruma sai hanesan oportunista politika tan ba ne’e maka sira nafatin barani matein sira nia hakarak ba Australia ka hakarak iha tasi leten maibe sira nunka ko’alia hakarak mai Timor. Agora daudaun ha’u kwatir liu ba Timor oan sira ne’ebe kaer pasaporte rua hanesan pasaporte Australia ho Pasaporte Timor mak reprezeta timor sai negosiador. Sira iha interese dubla tan ba iha parte ida sira hakarak defende interese Timor no iha parte seluk sira mos lakohi lakon sira nia cidadania Australia.”
“Buat ne’ebe importante maka Timor oan tenke halo dialogu ba malu para ko’alia ba ema bainaka ne’e ho lia fuan ida de’it. Labele Prezidente ko’alia oin ida, Pm ida, Prezidente Parlamentu seluk no Sekretariu Jeral fretilin ida. Ne’e maka ladun diak. Kuandu ita Timor oan hotu hakarak pipa Greater Sunrise tenke mai TL maibe ita ko’alia la hanesan ne’e ita foo dalan ba inimgu atu bele haforsa sira nia pozisaun. La buat ida hanesan sa ida maka eis PM dehan tenke dialogu labele taka odamatan maibe kadoras maka tenke mai Timor Leste.”
Iha Parte seluk Jose Gusmao, eis Xefe Gabinete iha Primeiru Ministru Estanislao da Silva ninia tempu lamenta ho lala’ok prezidente da Republika ninian.
“Sementara Primeiru Ministru halo kampania atu dada pipeline mai Timor nia sai tiha fali opozisaun ba PM. Sementara Povu iha baze ne’eba ezije ba Primeiru ministru atu dada buat ne’e mai. Maibe Prezidente halo ninian keta-ketak fali.”
Nia hanoin katak, “Prezidente rona liu ema husi liur duke rona povu iha rai laran ne’e nia lian. Uluk ne’e ita ko’alia nia rona no nia halo maibe agora ne’e lae ona.”
“Ha’u hakarak pipeline mai Timor 100 pursentu. La iha kompromi tan.”
Jose mos deskonfia atuasaun Prezidente da Republika ninian ne’e tauk Australia nia presaun. “Keta halo tauk atu sai hanesan Alaktiri, loron ruma ema mai demo be Primeiru Ministru Australia telephone mai haruka tun husi kargu.”
Nia dehan atetude Prezidente nian ne’e kontra prosedimentu normal estadu ninian no, “se ola-ola ita hakarak buka oin hatudu katak ita nia ne’e ema ne’e kompromistis maibe haluha tiha povu nia tuntutan.”
Iha parte seluk Gastao alias Tigre husi Remexio ne’e mos kestiona PR ninia enkontru ho Woodside ne’e. “Prezidente da Republika tenke hatudu pozisaun hanesan Xefe estadu. Tan ba kuandu Governu hakarak atu dada pipa mai nia labele halo kontradiz fali maibe tenke apoiu.”
Gastao mos kestiona konsistensia Prezidente ba ema ki’ak ninia pozisaun. “Ko’alia katak atu defende ema ki’ak no luta ba ema ki’ak para labele ki’ak tan iha rai ida ne’e maibe na realidade sira ko’alia parte ida no hanehan fali povu iha parte seluk.” Nia Promete bainhira Primeiru Ministru sama ain iha Remexio iha dia 12/05/2010 nia sei husu kestaun Greater sun Rise.
Iha parte seluk Prezidente da Republika lakontente ho Governu ne’ebe seidauk foo rezultadu estudu husi Petronas ba nia.
“Ha’u husu ona dala rua ba ha’u nia Primeiru Ministru katak ha’u hakarak haree estudu husi Petronas estudu ne’ebe hala’o ona iha tinan rua nia laran no bele hotu iha fulan neen nia laran maibe ha’u seidauk haree no ha’u seidauk rona,” Horta hateten.
“ Ha’u surpreza ho sira ne’ebe responsabiliza, Sekreatriu Estadu Alfredo Pires seidauk hetan tempu ruma iha semana ka fulan balun kotuk atu entrega ba ha’u estudu ne’ebe halo husi Petronas no kala seidauk hetan tempu ruma atu briefing leader opozisaun Dr. Alkatiri no membru parlamentu nian tan ba buat ne’e isu nasional, “Horat lamenta.
Maibe tuir fontes jornal ne’e iha palasiu Prezidente katak iha loron 06/05/2010 sekretariu Estadu Rekursu Naturais Alfredo Pires leva rezultadu estuda ne’ebe governu halo ho tulun husi kompania balun husi Malaisya no Korea ba PR maibe Horta lakohi simu Alfredo pires. “Hodiseik Sekretariu Estadu Rekursu Naturais mai iha ne’e atu entrega dokumentu estudu ba Prezidente maibe katuas lakohi simu nia. Nia hein, hein too fila deit no Prezidente nein hakarak hateke ba ninia oin,” dehan fontes ne’e.
Husu kona ba prezensa Pires nian iha ai tarak laranPrezidente nega hodi hateten, “la’e, ha’u la hasoru malu ho Sr. Alfredo Pires.”
Iha momentu ruma Gabinete Prezidente da Republika husu atu SERN haruka ema ruma lori dokumentus estudu kadoras Greater Sunrise nia ba Prezidente maibe tan ba dokumentus ne’e segredu nasaun nian maka Alfredo Pires lori rasik ba atu entrega ema numeru um iha nasaun ne’e. Maibe Lauriadu Premiu da Paz ne’e izola tiha Pires iha sala de espera no la’o liu mos la hateke.
Ha’u lori duni dokumentus balun ba rasik atu entrega ba Prezidenti atu haree depois maka ha’u atu ba fali halo aprezentasaun segundu. Maibe hein hein kala too ona tempu Sr. Prezidente fila tiha ba uma depois ha’u mos lori dokumentus fila fali de’it,” dehan Pires ba Jornal ne’e bainhira konfirma via telemovel iha lokraik (06/05).
Tuir informasaun katak Sekretariu Estadu Rekursu Naurais ne’e tuur iha sala de espera iha kedan dalan atu tama no sai husi gabinete Sr. Prezidente ninian maibe lakon oportunidade atu foo dokumentus ne’ebe Prezidente sempre dehan la simu ne’e. “Kerdizer ha’u hatene katak ha’u ba iha ne’eba ne’e oras servisu. Sr. Prezidente Preokupadu hela i too ona entaun ha’u la hetan oportunidade atu entrega dokumentus ne’ebe ha’u lori fila fali,” dehan Alfredo ho lian triste.
Tuir ajenda Prezidente da Republika iha loron (07/05) mos define ona atu hasoru malu ho Sekretariu Estadu Rekursu Naturais maibe dala ida tan la hetan fatin too Prezidente kaer lima ho Don Voelte Alfredo nia inus la mosu.
Alfredo lakohi atu haruka kualker ema ida atu lori segredu ne’ebe tula ba nia kapas no nia la etrega dokumentus ne’ebe segredu liu ba kualker ema ida tan ba nune’e to’o iha
Prezidente da Republika sempre cici katak nia seidauk simu inforasaun ruma husi Sekretaria estadu Rekursu Naturais maibe tuir dadus ne’ebe jornal ne’e rekoila hatudu katak iha Marsu 2009 Sekretaria Estadu rekursu naturais ba halo ona aprezentasaun ida ba Prezidente no iha momentu ne’eba PR Horta gosta loos rezultadu ne’e. Tuir fali iha fulan Agusto 2009 mos Sekretariu Estadu Alfredo Pires ho ninia ekipa ba halo hato’o tan informasaun balu dba Prezidente da Republika.
“La’e Governu la kohi atu hasoru Woodside kuandu sira nia atetude nafatin de’it hanesan ne’e,” dehan pires.
Iha Kinta Feira tuku 10 dader oras timor leste delegasaun Woodside hasoru malu mos ho porta feixada ho Dr. mari alkatiri hanesan Sekretariu Jeral ne’ebe hamosu deskonfiansa ba parte balun. “Ha’u uluk kedas defende pipeline mai Timor Leste maibe agora ha’u la iha dadus teknikus atu deskute ho sira (woodside), governu la fornese dadus mai ha’u I sira mos la fornese mai ha’u.”
“Pozisaun atu lori pipeline mai ne’e ita hotu nian maibe pozisaun lakohi dialogu ne’e sala. Ne’e ha’u la apoiu.”
Husu kona ba karik nia iha esperansa nafatin atu kadoras mina ne’e mai TL Dr. Mari dehan, “se Governu iha kapasidade atu dirije prosesu ne’e tuir dalan ha’u la’os de’it iha esperansa maibe ha’u iha certeza. Mas Governu hatudu ona la iha kapasidade. Kuandu ita la iha kapasidade subar ita nia aan iha deklarasaun politika de’it.”
Haree ba deklarasaun husi Sekretariu Jeral Partidu Fretilin ne’e Kupa alega katak, “Mari Alkatiri iha kinta feira kotuk ne’e, hafoin rapat ho Woodside, ko’alia loloos de’it nu’udar porta voz Woodside ninian no hatuun Governu Timor Leste.
Nune’e nia husu karik atu halakon deskonfiansa husi publiku diak liu Dr. Mari foo sai kompletu rezultadu enkontru ne’e. Tuir Kupa nia kestiona tan ba nia la haree Prezensa Prezidente partied Fretilin, Xefe bankada opozisaun no membru partidusira seluk.“Ne’e la’os enkontru ba dala uluk maibe ha’u simu sira dala rua ona. I iha tempu enkontru ne’e ha’u dehan ba sira katak ha’u labele ko’alia barak kona ba tekniku nian tan ba a h’u seidauk simu estudu ruma husi Governu nune’e husi Woodside,” esplika mari.
Nune’e Mari lamenta ho Governu Xanana nian ne’ebe la simu Woodside halo ko’alia bainhira kompania ne’e mai Dili. “Ita labele taka odamatan uma depois tama kuartu taka tan odamatan hafoin hakilar husi Janela. Ne’e la’os negosiador ida ke diak,” viadas Mari.
Hermenegildo Lopes alias Kupa, eis ekipa kampaniador ba Horta nia kandidatura iha elisaun prezidensial 2007 duun Prezidente Ramos Horta no Dr. Mari Alkatiri sai papagaiu ba kompania Woodside.
“Parte governu lakohi hasoru malu ho woodside ida ne’e mos konsidera hanesan negosiasaun. Tantu DR. Mari Alkatiri ho Horta labele defende interese Woodside nian ou Porta Voz. Ida ne’e dezvia ka viola tiha regra prosedimentu institusional tan ba halo grave negosiasaun Estadu Timor Leste hodi dada Pipeline mai Timor Leste. Nune’e ha’u triste haree ita nia prezidente ho Dr. Mari sai woodside nia papagaiu,” dehan Kupa.
Eis ulun boot ba negosiasaunTratadu Tasi Timor ne’e sujere hanesan nasaun ne’ebe simu investidor TL presiza atu tenke kuidadu no matan moris. “Tenke buka konese klean argumentu investidor nian; tenke dezenvolve ita nia argumentu atu bele defende ho sucesu interese povu nian; ita tenke loke dalan atu tau ita nia argumentu kontra sira nian. Hanesan ne’e de’it maka ita bele manan. Se ita la konfronta sira nia argumentus ho ita nian, ita nunka atu hetan solusaun (win/win solution). Parte ne’ebe de’it la simu atu lakon,” hateten mari.
Tuir surat G.A.Mckee iha loron 26/10/2002 dekreta iha pajina 20 husi pajina 38 informa katak Dr Mari ne’ebe hanesan Primeiru Ministru iha Primeiru Governu Konstitusional mos afavor pipeline ba Darwin. “Karik ha’u maka investidor ida ha’u defende pipeline mai Australia tan ba razaun rua,’ nia esplika. Ida maka merkadu gas nian iha, Australia sosa gas.O bele fo haris Timor tomak ho gas maibe la iha ema sosa. Ida tan maka tasi mai Australia ladun klean, maibe tasi ba Timor Leste klean liu. Teknikamente bele dada pipeline ba Timor, maibe folin metro ida aas tebes liu iha tasi ne’ebe klean liu.ne’e katak investidor sira sei lakon osan.
Foufoun Dr. Mari nega dehan, “G.A. Mckee hakerek buat sira ne’e responsabilidade ninian no ha’u nunka hateten buat ida ne’e; ha’u klarifika mak ne’e, ha’u nunka hateten bu’at ida i nia nunka sai ha’u nia asesor.”
Maibe bainhira Jornal ne’e sani hikas lia fuan sira iha artigu G.A.Mckee nian ne’e Dr. Mari rekonese katak nia ko’alia duni. “Aaahhhh…ne’e ha’u ko’alia duni. Se ha’u maka investidor ha’u hakarak pipa ba Australia. Ne’e la’os signifika ha’u hanesan Timorense ha’u hakarak ba Australia. Hanesan investidor sira hakarak ba Australia tan Woodside Austraianu. La signifika ke ha’u hanesan Timor oan ha’u sei husik buat ne’e ba Australia.”
Dr. Mari esplika sentidu husi lia fuan ninian ne’e maka atu buka hatene argumentu ema sira ne’ebe kontra Timor Leste ninia pozisaun. “Ita atu halo negosiasaun ho ema ida ita tenke hatene sira nia hakarak, sira pontu forte no fraku. Ha’u ba halo negosiasaun ne’e defende interese nasaun ne’e ninian. Tan ne’e ha’u ko’alia hanesan ne’e la’os apoiu ona sira.” dehan mari.
Eis PM ne’ebe monu husi ninia kadeira iha Juniu 2006 ne’e deklara apertamente funu ba pipeline mai TL iha ceremonia asina akordu Greater Sunrise iha Sydney loron 05/01/2005 ne’ebe halakon tiha ninia jantar ho PM Australia iha momentu ne’eba. Mari esplika katak nia la fiar kualker kompania multinasional ida inklui Woodside maibe presiza dialogu no negosiasaun hodi hetan solusaun. “Kuandu simu investidor ida ita tenke konsiente no kuidadu tan investidor buka manan osan barak liu diak liu. Investidor sei bedok ba bedok mai atu halo ita monu iha sira nia argumentu. Se ita maka investidor karik mos ita sei halo tuir dalan ne’e,” esplika Mari.
Maibe Hermenegilgo Kupa alega nafatin katak dezde 2002 Primeiru ministru Primeiru Governu konstitusional tau ona iha kauza kadoras mai Timor Leste maiske konsege negosia fahe rezeita reseita Bayu Udang no Greater sunrise ninian. ‘DR. Mari la iha konviksaun kona ba pipeline mai Timor Leste hanesan Prof G. A. Mckee hakerek. Bainhira iha negosiasaun Tratadu Tasi timor Mari defende pozisaun loloos hanesan Woodside ninian katak pipeline diak liu ba wickhan point Darwin iha Darwin. Problema boot ida maka Mari Alkatiri maka Mari Alkatiri nunka defende Pipeline mai Timor Leste. Tan ba ne’e nia hatan 50 hanesan Australia ezije. Timor oan labele ezije definisaun fronteira maritime. Nune’e halo F-FDTL rasik hetan susar atu defende fronteira maritime, soberania RDTL nian ohin loron.”
Jose Luis Oliviera eis Diretor Yayasan Hak, duun governantes sira gadai tiha ona soberania nasaun TL iha 2002. “Ha’u hakarak hateten iha 2002 ami defende buat ida lina fronteira tasi ne’e mak prinsipal maibe tan ba ita nia governu hakarak foti medidas pragmatis konsekuensia mak ita mos tenke simu solusaun pragmatis,” dehan de Oliviera.
Tuir nia hanoin Governu ne’ebe, “pinor tiha ona soberania TL ba tinan 50 atu haree kona ba lina fronteira tasi entre Timor Leste ho Australia.”
Nune’e mos ho La’o Hamutuk ninia pozisaun maka buka obsaun ida ne’ebe diak liu ba Timor Leste. “Buat ida ne’ebe diak liu ba Timor Leste maka hanesan buat ne’ebe ami ko’alia beibeik ona iha tinan lima nia laran to’o ohin maka, diak liu husik gas hirak ne’e hela tan lai tinan 5 too tinan 10 ka 20 hein too Timor Leste presiza duni ninia reseita maka hasai.”
“Iha momentu ne’eba bele dehan timor oan barak maka kualifikadu atu hetan servisu ho salariu boot iha projetu ne’e. Teknologia ne’ebe uza hodi transporte pipa mai TL dezenvolvidu liu tan ona. Risku politika iha timor Leste bele dehan menus no Kapasidade governu sira nia hodi halo negosiasaun no maneija projetu ne’e bele aumenta diak liu tan,” Charlie foo razaun.
“Iha 2004 Woodside dehan ona katak la iha posibilidade atu dada kadoras mai Timor Leste maibe agora sira la ko’alia tan ona ida ne’e tan ba agora teknologia aumenta no ema hotu konkorda katak ne’e bele dada pipa liu tasi klean liu kilometru 2000 iha Timor through. Nune’e ami kontente katak iha razaun lubun ida maka ami nia rekomendasaun halo tuir duni.”
Lao Hamutuk hanoin iha razaun barak atu kansela dezenvolvimentu ba kampu gas iha greater Sunrise. “Nune’e ami hanoin la’os buat aat kuandu negosiasaun ne’e rahun iha momentu ida ne’e.”
Tuir Charlie katak la loos kuandu parte ida lohi katak sira la iha interese ba greater sunrise. “Ne’e klaramente la loos. Klaru katak Governu Australia iha interese atu defende interese kompania Australia nian no sira nia emar servisu nain sira hanesan mos parte Timor Leste ninian.”
“Nune’e mos La loos mos kuandu Woodside hateten katak ami iha ona ami nia estudu no ami sei halo konkluzaun. Ami sei la ba esplika nia razaun maibe ami sei dehan buat ne’e sei sai hanesan ne’e ona.”
Atu resolve disputa ne’e Charlie iha hanoin hanesan ho PR no lider opozisaun. “Ami hanoin bu’at ne’e sei diak liu tan kuandu Governu Timor Leste, woodside ho sira nia parseiru sei foo ba malu informasaun ne’ebe sira ida-idak iha entre sira no sei koko atu konvense malu tuir meritu la’os hanesan bosok malu iha media ne’ebe dehan obsaun ne’e sira propoin maka diak liu nune’e maka bele hetan desizaun ida ba interese povu nasaun rua ninian I mos ba inetrese kompania no kuota nain sira mos.”
Charlie triste uitoan tan ba rekomendasaun balun maka governu iha momentu ne’eba la hola atensaun hodi ratifika tiha Seamax ho IAU ne’ebe akordu hirak ne’e prejudika tiha pozisaun Timor Leste nune’e governu sira sei hakruuk ba lei sira ne’e. “Ha’u hanoin lei sira ne’e autoriza Timor Leste no governu Australia atu hateten ami rejeita planu ne’ebe kompania propoin. Fila ba no mai fali ho planu foun. Ida ne’e maka hatudu iha pozisaun Governu Timor Leste nian daudaun ne’e. Ida ne’e maka rezulta kanselamentu ba projetu refere, ne’e maka Primeiru Ministru dehan ona katak sei husik hela ba jerasaun foun. Ne’e bele. Ha’u hanoin ida ne’e maka loos duni.”
Iha parte seluk eis negosiador ida husi parte Timor Leste fo avizu katak iha momentu negosiasaun entre Australia ho Timor Leste no Woodside mosu ameasas balun. “Tan ba kompania Osaka orijen husi Japaun. Hanesan eis negosiador ida dehan ba Tempo Semanal katak, “Japones sira dehan mai ami iha 2005 katak sira sei sosa deit Gas ne’ebe sai husi Australia, husi Timor Leste sira sei la sosa. Negosiador husi Timor Leste hatoo tan katak, “lia ne’e la’os simples tan ita la’os hasoru de’it Woodside, ita hasoru mos ConocoPhilips husi America, Shell husi Olanda, Osaka husi Japaun no Woodside husi Australia. Nune’e Negosiador ne’e Aviza katak, “is not easy is it,” (katak, “la’os fasil, hanoin took.”).
Aviza ida ne’e mos bele interpreta tuir maluk sira ida-idak ninian hanoin. Maibe buat ne’ebe importante mak Polimika Greater sunrise ne’e sai hanesan asuntu legal entre Timor Leste ho Woodside, tau en kauza boa fee husi governu Australia hodi hamenus ki’ak iha Timor Leste nune’e lalika defend demais ba sira nia tulun. Espektativa maka Timor Leste hakarak uza Greater Sunrise atu hodi dezenvolve ekonomia povu no harii infrastrutura nasaun ne’ebe sei mukit liu iha lista asia pasifiku ne’e.
Monday, 15 February 2010
Polémika Kadoras Greater Sunrise;
FretilÃn: “DR. Alkatiri ezije Kadoras tenke mai TL.
Sekretáriu Estadu Konsellu Ministru s, Agio Pereira liu husi surat haklaken ba média hodi reaje ba deklarasaun DR Mari Alkatiri nian iha imprensa balun ne'ebé jornál ne’e asesu ba alega katak, “Mari Alkatiri la dun iha informasaun kona-ba Negosiasaun Tasi Timor; nia intervensaun negativu ba interese nasionál.”
Surat ne’e haklaken, “relasiona ho deklarasaun husi Mari Alkatiri ba imprensa hatudu katak, Sekretáriu Jerál FretilÃn la dun informádu no reprezenta sala pozisaun Governu Timor-Leste nian kona-ba situasaun ne’ebé aktual negosiasaun Tasi Timor.”
Tuir fonte s jornál ne'e husi governu katak durante ne'e DR. Alkatiri hanesan eis titulár la uza ninia direitu atu ba husu informasaun klaru husi parte governu liu-liu sira ne'ebé relevante ba asuntu refere nune'e hamosu, “lamentável tebes, Señór Alkatiri hatudu katak la dun fó apoiu ba estratéjia polÃtika nasionál mak importante tebes, ne’ebé implementa hosi Governu Xanana Gusmão nian, hodi asegura dezenvolvimentu indústria petrolÃfera ida mak dinámika tebes ba Timor-Leste,” dehan iha Média release ne'ebá.
Surat ne’e mós alega katak, “Alkatiri mós informa lia falsu ba públiku bainhira hatetan katak, Guvernu Xanana Gusmão, nian halo ona kontratu ho Petronas hodi “troka” Woodside iha projetu Greater Sunrise.”
Sekretáriu Estadu Agio Pereira dehan, “Deklarasaun ida ne’e la los no hatudu sala dalan.”
Maiske dala barak parte Timor Leste ladún satisfeitu ho Woodside ninia pozisaun kona ba opsaun kadoras greater sunrise ne'ebé kompañia Austrália nian ne'e sempre tenta hanehan povu no nasaun ki'ik ne'e maibé Governu sei tane nafatin akordu mak iha ona. “Governu Timor-Leste seidauk halo kontratu ida ho Petronas hodi troka Woodside ho nia parseiru s konsorsÃu sira. Governu Timor-Leste seidauk fó no sei la fó direitu explorasaun (a montante) iha área Greater Sunrise, tanba legalmente direitu sira ne’e pertense ba Woodside ho ninia konsorsÃu sira,” promete Lian na'in IV governu konstitusionál ne'e.
Nune'e mós Sekretáriu Estadu promete katak Governu sei la liu husi haksoit lutu hodi asina akordu ho kompañia seluk maibé sei uza, “Mekanizmu ba negosiasaun no diskusaun iha asuntu s mak pertente ho esplorasaun Tasi Timor, inklui projetu Greater Sunrise, estabelesidu hotu ona; ne’e inklui Regulamentu atu regula diskusoens, reunioens JPD nian ho Komisoens Sunrise, i se wainhira presiza, Konsellu Ministeriál.”
Governu sei luta nafatin ba ninia kompromisu maka hatuur PM Xanana katak kadoras husi Greater Sunrise tenke mai Timor Leste nune'e, “Governu sei buka atu halo negosiasaun, liu hosi mekanizmu hirak ne’e, planu s dezenvolvimentu ba Greater Sunrise atu mai Timor-Leste; polÃtika ida ne’ebé hetan apoiu tomak iha Timor-Leste. Ida ne’e mak parte ida hosi estratéjia polÃtika nasionál.”
Nia esplika, “Importante mós atu nota katak, Governu Timor-Leste seidauk halo kontratu ruma (a juzante) kona-ba projetu Greater Sunrise nian ho kompanhia ruma inklui mós Woodside. Segmentu juzante nian sei inklui kontratu ba transportasaun (gazodutu) i prosesamentu (Sentrál GNL).”
Iha governasaun FretilÃn ninian governu husu apoiu husi Lucon AS, kompañia Noruega nian ida hodi estudu viabilidade kona ba estudu Woodside ninian ne'ebé sira sai ho konkluzaun katak, “kompañia Woodside la'ós prudente.” Tuir dadus ne'ebé jornál ne’e asesu no mós iha aprezentasaun Sekretáriu do Estadu rekursu s naturais ho ninia ekipa iha otél Ventura iha fulan ruma kotuk hatudu katak estudu ne’e kle'an duni nune'e sei utiliza iha kada, “Negosiasaun hotu-hotu hala’o ho reprezentante s hosi Timor-Leste uza informasaun aktuál no klaru tebes hodi permite negosiadór sira atu fó esplikasaun adekuada kona-ba kestoens téknika s, komersiál e sosio-ekonómika s nian, hodi lori mai ba Timor-Leste Gazodutu no Sentrál GNL. Informasaun mai hosi estudu s oi-oin halo hosi Primeiru Ministru Xanana Gusmão nia Governu, inklui estudu batimétriku ne’ebé realiza ho kooperasaun hamutuk ho Konsórsiu Koreanu no estudu viabilidade konjuntu entre Timor-Leste ho Petronas.” Sekretáriu Estadu ne'e aviza.
Governu Timor Leste sei reziste nafatin presaun husi kompañia Woodside no ninia belun sira ne'ebé uza artigu ruma iha akordu kona ba greater sunrise ne'ebé dekreta katak, kompañia wood side maka deside bazeia ba vantajen komersiál nian nune'e kompañia soe tiha ba tasi opsaun mai Timor leste no sira hela de'it ona ho opsaun kadoras ba mina no gás ne'e ba Darwin ou harii fabrika LNG iha tasi laran. Maibé governu ida ne'e iha data ne'ebé nesesáriu hanesan sekretáriu Estadu Agio haktuir, “rezultadus estudus hirak ne’e hatudu momoos katak, diferente ho Alkatiri ho nia maluk sira inklui Woodside, sira bé iha pasadu fiar katak liña kadoras mai Timor-Leste teknikamente la viavel, Xanana Gusmão, nia Governu mobiliza esforsu tomak hodi hala’o estudu i hatudu prova ke kontráriu ho sira nian; katak kadoras mai Timor-Leste, distansia kilómetrus 200 deit, kompara ho kilómetru s 450 ba Darwin, ida ne’e viavél no ekonmikamente di’ak liu.”
Akordu Greater sunrise ne'ebé asina ona husi Governu Primeiru Konstitusionál foo hela ulun moras ba kuartu governu konstitusional. Iha akordu ne'ebé hanaran Akordu greater sunrise ne'e, mosu artigu ruma ne'ebe hateten katak fatin atu halo produsaun kompañia mak deside bazeia ba razaun komersialmente iha vantajen. Artigu ida ne'e kesi tiha ona Governu Timor Leste ninia liman ho ain no foo vantajen boot liu ba kompañia Woodside. Hanesan deklarasaun Embaixada Austrália ne'ebé haruka mai jornál ne'e iha meadu tinan kotuk ne'ebé dehan Governu Austrália lakohi atu mete ho opsaun kadoras nune'e husi tomak ba kompañia Woodside atu deside la'ós parte governu rua.
Tan ba Woodside sempre uza artigu ne'ebé governu uluk asina hanesan kilat ida tiru hikas povu Timor leste ninia kakutak maka IV governu konstitusionál dezde inisia promete atu lori kadoras mina no gaz mai Timor Leste ho seriedade halo esforsu hodi ba husu tulun husi Karea inklui servisu hamutuk ho Petronas halo estudu ne'ebé kompletu liu fali estudu maka halo ona husi Woodside.
Iha parte seluk Porta Voz bankada FretilÃn, deputadu José Texeira rejeita totalmente katak DR. Mari Alkatiri la defende interese Nasionál “Iha nia deklarasaun publika ka reuniaun ho kompañia mina rai ne'ebé iha kontratu atu dezenvolve kampu greater sunrise DR. Alkatiri sempre reinforsa FretilÃn nia pozisaun ne'ebé nia defende dezde nia pm, katak rekursu mina rai no gás iha aérea konjuntu hanesan greater sunrise tenke halo tuir planu ne'ebé bele lori benefÃsiu bo’o mai Timor Leste,” dehan Texeira husi Maubesi ba jornál Tempo Semanal iha loron Sábadu (13/02)
Porta Voz ne’e haktuir katak DR. Alkatiri, “sempre ezije katak kadoras no fabrika LNG mai rai Timor Leste.”
Nia hatutan katak Sekretáriu FretilÃn preokupa de’it ho, “deklarasoens ne'ebé membru governu balun halo kona ba atu hasai de’it kompañia ida no hatama ida seluk tuir governu nia hakarak.”
“Ne’e maka la'ós iha interese Nasionál tan ba ita bele buka hetan ita nia objetivu, maibé ita tenke hala’o negosiasaun maka’as no tuir akordu ne'ebé rai rua konkorda ona no ratifika iha tratadu rua.”
José Texeira sadik atu tesi lia ho Governu. “Iha interese Nasionál duni, ita diskute se governu de faktu halo daudaun loos ga lae?, legál ka la legál?, iha prosesu ida ne’e.”
“Ita labele tuur de’it hare ema halo sala ne'ebé bele estraga prospektiva Timor Leste nian atu lori kadoras mai Timor Leste.”
Tuir Eis membru do governu iha tempu DR. Alkatiri ninia governasaun ne’e katak dezde, iha Sydney iha oin ho oin hafoin asina tiha tratadu iha loron 12/01/2006, DR. Alkatiri aviza ona John Howard katak nia hakarak kadoras greater sunrise tenke mai TL. “liuliu buat hotu timor leste duke Austrália; ida ne’e, ida de’it tan ba ne’e ami sei la de’it esperansa maibé sei luta nafatin atu harii fabrika gás iha ne'ebá( TL) no kadoras atu ba Timor Leste,” texeira hasaran tuir Alkatiri ninia lian fuan ba PM Austrália.
Iha momentu ne'ebá kedan DR. Alkatiri dehan ba parte Governu Austrália katak, “Ami fiar katak ida ne’e teknikamente viavel, komersialmente mós viavel, no ami halo esforsu boot atu lori kadoras ba ne'ebá, no ami he’in katak ita hetan ida ne’e duni,” dehan iha Texeira.
Nia hatutan katak, “kuandu governu ida hatudu ona la iha kapasidade maibé atu kontinua obriga aan de’it ne’e maka kontra interese Nasionál”
Texeira reitera ninia deklarasaun katak dezde Janeiru 2006 iha Sydney DR. Alkatiri reiterou no seu discursu que gás de sunrise tinha que ir a Timor Leste. “DR. Alkatiri defende gás husi sunrise tenke mai Timor Leste,” Porta Voz ne’e dale.
Polémika diresaun kadoras mina no gás iha kampu Greater Sunrise ne'ebé halo ulun moras ba kompañia Woodside, Governu Kamberra ho Dili sei naruk wainhira politiku nain iha nasaun Timor Leste mos hadau malu no hatudu katak Timor Leste ninia ulun sira seidauk iha konsensus kona ba interese Nasionál dezenvolvimentu ba Gas no mina iha kampu ne'eba. Ulun boot sira ne’e Ida-idak halo sira nia deklarasaun polÃtika hodi buka influensia públiku ninia kakutak. Nune’e deklarasaun polÃtika sira ne’e sei sai hanesan kilat hodi tiru fali interese Nasionál povu Timor Leste ninian. Hanesan polémika ne'ebé mosu kona ba pozisaun governu ho lider partidu FretilÃn relasiona ba kazu kadoras refere. Mina no gás husi Greater sunrise seidauk hatene atu sulin mai fabrika iha Timor Leste ka Darwin maibé daudaun ne’e polémika maka sulin uluk mai Dili hodi hamanas ulun boot sira nia ulun.
Monday, 28 September 2009
Tempo Semanal Edisaun 158a
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Tempo Semanal Edisaun 143 addendum
Aust Embassy: Greater Sunrise must benefit Timor-Leste
READERS NOTE: Tempo Semanal is aware that it is not typical journalistic practice to directly express a newspaper’s opinion on such topics. The reporter responsible for this story intended the initial phrase of this story’s seventh paragraph to reflect opinions of sources he had consulted with. Tempo Semanal will write a formal correction notice in the next edition (22/06/09).
The Australian Embassy in Dili this week confirmed its government’s partnership with the Government of Timor-Leste to exploit the Greater Sunrise gas field will not commit to develop the field until a mutually viable plan has been established.
A spokesperson for the Embassy confirmed that the two governments are awaiting a presentation by a commercial consortium of their plan for exploitation of the field, which will include where and how they plan to process the gas extracted.
The consortium is led by Australian company, Woodside, and includes the foreign interests of Conoco Philips, Shell and Osaka Gas.
“No decision has been made on where a pipeline will go, or whether the gas will be processed at the site of extraction. This is a commercial decision for the companies involved, in accordance with the treaties,” stated the spokesperson.
The spokesperson also stated that, contrary to recent commentary, the Government of Timor-Leste would not be at a loss if a pipeline from Greater Sunrise was not constructed to Timor-Leste, given arrangements for Australia’s and Timor-Leste’s governments to each receive 50% of petroleum taxation revenues from the area.
“The suggestion that Timor-Leste will not benefit from the development of Greater Sunrise if the pipeline does not come to Timor-Leste is not correct. Shared production revenues from Bayu Undan (from which gas is piped to
It is this newspaper’s opinion (according to Timorese Government and business sources) that a pipeline to Timor-Leste would benefit this nation in ways other than through these taxation revenues, not least through commercially expressing its population’s national aspirations to retain greater control of resources that lie closer to Timor-Leste than Australia.
In keeping with previous arrangements, the Government of Australia is obliged to include the Government of Timor-Leste in decisions regarding the Greater Sunrise gas field. The Australian Embassy’s response to this newspaper’s questions and an Australian Embassy press release from 2 June have confirmed this, and do not give any indication of behaviour that may jeopardise Timor-Leste’s profits from future Greater Sunrise revenues.
Moreover, the Government of Timor-Leste’s long-term consultation with various interested parties indicates a maturity in its planning strategy that recognises each party’s position and is determined not to be taken advantage of, as may have happened in the past.
In 2004, the Australian company, Woodside, misled the Government of Timor-Leste when it was investigating options for transporting and potentially processing natural resources from Greater Sunrise.
A 2004 Norwegian report into Woodside’s feasibility study earlier that year criticised the company for approximately doubling the cost of constructing a pipeline to this nation’s southern coast from the minimum cost required.
In an exclusive interview with Tempo Semanal this week (see pages one and seven of this edition), Timor-Leste’s Secretary of the State for Natural Resources, Alfredo Pires, confirmed the need to be cautious in future planning, given how important future petroleum revenues are to one of the most underdeveloped nations in south-east Asia.
“Timor-Leste is not a mere stakeholder in the sunrise issue: we are owners,” Mr Pires said.
“We are very concerned of the viability of a project. That is why we have done other studies on the side to prove some suspicions we had. So far those suspicions had been proved correctly.”
“The Timor-Leste option is much more viable than what we’ve been lead to believe.”
In its press release on 2 June, the Australian Embassy stated the Australian Government had not urged Woodside or the Government of Timor-Leste to build a pipeline to
“It is the companies who will be taking the risk in investing the billions of dollars required to establish the infrastructure necessary to extract and process the gas, so it is they, not our government, who must determine how best to process the gas,” the spokesperson said.
While at times it may be hard to distinguish between a Government’s interests and those of a company from the same country, this newspaper recognises that the Australian Government acknowledges the Government and people of Timor-Leste’s interests in maximising national benefits from Greater Sunrise exploitation.
According to an interview with Mr Pires in this edition of Tempo Semanal, the Government of Timor-Leste still appears to be pursuing a national pipeline strategy, and is prepared to delay the Greater Sunrise’s exploitation if such a strategy may not benefit Timor-Leste in the manner its people require.
Tempo Semanal Edisaun 143
Timor-Leste Proven It’s Suspicious of Australian Woodside Company
Tempo Semanal, Dili, Timor-Leste
Including an Exclusive Interview with Mr. Alfredo Pires,
The Government of Timor-Leste is firm in its position to find ways of bringing the pipeline from the Greater Sunrise oil field, a joint development area between
Woodside prefers to drop the Timor-Leste option arguing that it’s to risky because of the trough in the sea between the Greater Sunrise oil/gas field and Timor-Leste, even though the distance is only 150 km. However,
Meanwhile on Wednesday, (10/06/09) in an exclusive interview with Tempo Semanal, Mr. Alfredo Pires, East Timor Secretary of State for Natural Resources, said the Government of Timor-Leste has proven its suspicions towards Woodside. “Woodside is can not be consider being a prudent operator to look at Timor-Leste option for obvious reasons. So based on that and other things that Timor-Leste taken initiatives has come to a conclusion which we feel a very strong and very appropriate final outcome.”
Xanana Gusmao government has fought for the pipeline issue since the day he took office in August 2007 and Pires said if Woodside not cooperative then Timor-Leste may prepare for the worst decision: to not to develop the Greater sunrise field. “Timor-Leste feels strongly that pipeline for sunrise its only direction is to Timor-Leste. If not it’s very difficult for Timor-Leste to entertain any other options,” Pires give the option to Woodside.
Pires recently divulged information to Tempo Semanal about a new report from Norwegian Det Norke Veritas (DNV) Company, which says, “there is no stopper for the pipeline to come to Timor-Leste.” To know more about the Timor-Leste Government position please follow Tempo Semanal’s Interview with Mr. Alfredo Pires as below.
TS: Are you still optimistic that the pipeline still going to come to
AP: Timor-Leste believes that the pipeline is very big possibility of coming to Timor-Leste on a number of fronts. On the technical aspects and on the commercial aspects, and also we look at the legal arrangement or the treaty arrangement. We have – there are clauses there that state that we need to look at the whole sunrise issue; not only at the technical and commercial issue, but we need to look at the all aspects as equity.
Timor-Leste is not as a mere stakeholders in the sunrise issue: we are owners. We can’t take this issue like this. We are owners. As owners, we need to make sure when we develop the resources. It’s in the interest of the state and companies, who need also to consider that issue. But now what Timor-Leste is requesting is not to make any projects not viable. We are very concerned of the viability of a project. That is why we have done other studies on the side to prove some suspicions we had. So far those suspicions had been proved correctly. The latest study which Timor-Leste has from a very reputable company, a 150-year-old Norwegian Company, stated quite clearly that there are no show-stoppers from the pipeline to come to Timor-Leste. These are some of the basic reasons, but among others reasons Timor-Leste feels strongly that a pipeline for sunrise’s its only direction is to Timor-Leste, if not it’s very difficult for Timor-Leste to entertain any other options.
TS: The Government of Timor-Leste maintains its position while Woodside is not considering the Timor-Leste option. Don’t you think the development of sunrise will happen shortly?
AP: At this stage I can assure you that it will not happen. Officially, the National Petroleum Authority has been ignored by Woodside. This is another attitude that we are not very happy with. Three concepts have been put forward to the National Petroleum Authority and Timor-Leste National Petroleum Authority has been requested for further details that need to look into the three options. And most specifically it feels that Timor-Leste option has not been given the right attention. In particular now, we have studies from the side to proof that the Timor-Leste option is much more viable than what we’ve been lead to believe. And it’s based on this finding and others studies that were previously done. I must remind everyone that in the previous Government, a leading Norwegian expert on the pipeline stated quiet clearly, after looking at the Woodside study, that Woodside can not be considered being a prudent operator to look at Timor-Leste option for obvious reasons. So based on that and other things that Timor-Leste taken initiatives has come to a conclusion which we feel a very strong and very appropriate final outcome.
TS: Do you have an access to the recent studies from Woodside reports and what is your opinion on it?
AP: Yes, we have access to those new reports and those new reports have been looked at by the National Petroleum Authority, which still considers a lot of work needs to be done and has sent back. But while sending back those reports, Woodside continued their statement that the Timor-Leste option is no longer an option. Those international statements are not very appropriate. We think they are misleading. We think the senior management in Woodside are misleading the shareholders of Woodside. This is a serious thing. But from Timor-Leste part taking into consideration our argument about the treaty that we signed. About equity, and we feel it is only fair that the children of
TS: There are some arguments that say that
AP: That argument we don’t accept at all. Within this argument, though, they appeared to be quite solid. But once we look at it deeply, we can easily dismantle the whole argument. Specifically for Timor-Leste, the position we are in now as a young nation at the stage of its economy, to not to grow but to take off so a LNG plant to Timor-Leste will act as starter motor for the economy in regard of its ten billion dollar investment in Timor-Leste. That will definitely attract a lot of attention and a lot of business confidence. It’s nothing new. It’s a similar affect that’s happening in
TS: A clause in the agreement states that the company has exclusive rights to decide on the pipeline issues. Don’t you think your government is violating the IUA by interfering in the process?
AP: We need to go back to the whole resource, the whole agreements that are in place. The company itself as we said before that there were previous studies stated that Woodside is not a prudent operator to look at the Timor-Leste options, and if the recent studies continue, the saying more studies to be done here and there. So this means it’s an issue, that if someone has done a bad job, we just can’t go on believing them. You have to make a decision sometime. And we might have to look at other means. Now, the reality of it is that the efforts Timor-Leste has done on the suspicions that the Timor-Leste option was not looked at carefully, has been proven correctly that the Timor-Leste option is much more viable than what we have been lead to believe. This is quite serious. So we just can’t go on like this blindly.
TS: It seems likely that your government has been very suspicious of Woodside then?
AP: No, we like to work together but it’s we better do it properly. Woodside is a strong company. It’s got its own abilities. But as any stakeholders in players of natural resources, we need to look at the bigger picture of how natural resources are to be developed and, to continue to maintain very hard stance, it maybe difficult to go anywhere. And what’s important for Timor-Leste is that
TS: If Woodside agreed on the
AP: If once we decide that the pipeline comes to Timor-Leste, there is no reason why we should not start looking at detailed studies of Greater Sunrise. It’s a process I think that will take 4 or 5 years, if we decide tomorrow to have gas coming out of Timor-Leste.
TS: Don’t you think Timor-Leste really needs more money from Greater
AP: No….Because Timor-Leste right now has money in the bank. Our ability to spend: we have four, close to five, billion dollars. We have capacity to spend about 400 million. So for the next five years what we have in the bank even we do have a system still high. We do have a system that prevents us to spend but when the situation comes we can work around that. But if we should have
TS: Does Timor-Leste know the figures for the pipeline between Timor-Leste and
AP: This one we can argue on that. On the pipeline itself, we need to understand that major component of a pipeline is the price of steel and the machine that lays the barge. The DNV’s studies have looked at the recent price studies and recent technology available for a pipeline, and the figures that are coming out—I will not quote exact figures—but they are showing that the pipeline itself has a very good chance that the Timor-Leste option is much cheaper for the pipeline itself, simply because of one thing: it’s shorter. Now the argument is that you’d require a higher technology, a more expensive technology; that one we can sit down and debate, considering that there are number of pipes around the world now that have been laid at that level. Now in
TS: What are the kind of figures that Woodside would indicate if the pipeline goes to
AP: The Woodside reports indicate the pipeline itself to



