Timor-Leste delegation to feature at AOG

Monday, 15 December, 2014

Organisers of the 2015 Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference (AOG) have announced a presentation by leading Timor-Leste dignitaries.

Led by Timor-Leste’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, HE Alfredo Pires, the delegation will present at a special luncheon entitled ‘Timor-Leste - A country of opportunity and one of our nearest neighbours’, providing an opportunity for participants to hear first-hand about the oil and gas developments occurring to the north-west of Australia.

Other senior Timor-Leste officials participating in the luncheon include Gualdino Da Silva, the president of Timor-Leste’s national petroleum authority Autoridade Nacional do Petroleo (ANP); Francisco Montiero, president and CEO Timor Gap E.P, the national oil and gas company of Timor-Leste; and Ambassador Abel Guteres, Timor-Leste’s ambassador to Australia.

“The timing of the announcement of this unique presentation on Timor-Leste could not be more opportune,” said Bill Hare, AOG Event Director at Diversified Communications. “With recent media reports that Woodside is back in discussions with Timor-Leste officials over the proposed Sunrise LNG project and that new separate negotiations are about to recommence between Australia and Timor-Leste on the maritime boundary issue, this event is sure to be a major highlight at AOG 2015,” Hare said.

One of the world’s youngest sovereign states, Timor-Leste is rapidly building a sizeable bank balance on the back of the oil and gas riches flowing from the Joint Petroleum Development Area (JPDA) shared between Australia and Timor-Leste, and it is now looking to add to that through exploitation of its own, 100% owned, petroleum resources.

Attendees at the AOG luncheon will have the opportunity to hear the latest on Timor-Leste’s plans to stage its first bid round for onshore acreage as the country looks to build on its petroleum industry growth.

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