Timor Sea Treaty

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The Timor Sea Treaty is an international agreement between Australia and Timor-Leste that establishes a framework for jointly managing and sharing revenues from petroleum resources in the Timor Sea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
international agreement
petroleum resources agreement
appliesToArea Timor Sea
area between Australia and Timor-Leste maritime zones
basedOnPrinciple joint development of disputed maritime areas
category Treaties entered into by East Timor in 2002
Treaties of Australia
Treaties of East Timor
containsProvision dispute settlement mechanisms
production sharing arrangements
regulatory authority for petroleum operations
taxation of petroleum activities in the JPDA
countrySignatory Australia
Timor-Leste
surface form: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste
dateSigned 2002-05-20
depositary Australian government
surface form: Government of Australia
enteredIntoForce 2003-04-02
establishes Joint Petroleum Development Area
governingLaw international law
hasParty Commonwealth of Australia
Timor-Leste
surface form: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
implementedBy Timor Sea Designated Authority
language English
legalBasisFor joint management of petroleum activities in the JPDA
legalStatus provisional resource-sharing arrangement pending permanent maritime boundaries
negotiationContext post-independence transition of Timor-Leste
placeSigned Dili
precedes Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea
relatedAgreement 2018 Maritime Boundaries Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste
surface form: Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty 2018

Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea
relatedField Bayu-Undan gas field
surface form: Bayu-Undan gas-condensate field

Greater Sunrise gas field
replacedBy Timor Sea Treaty self-linksurface differs
surface form: Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea
resourceTypeCovered crude oil
natural gas
petroleum
revenueShareToAustralia 10%
revenueShareToTimorLeste 90%
shortName JPDA Treaty
signedBy Australian government
surface form: Government of Australia

Government of Timor-Leste
surface form: Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
signedOnSameDayAs Timor-Leste restoration of independence
subjectMatter joint development of petroleum resources
offshore oil and gas
revenue sharing
topic maritime boundary provisional arrangements

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Timor Sea governedBy Timor Sea Treaty
Timor Sea governedBy Timor Sea Treaty
this entity surface form: Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea
Timor Sea governedBy Timor Sea Treaty
this entity surface form: Australia–Timor-Leste maritime boundary treaty
Greater Sunrise gas field governedBy Timor Sea Treaty
this entity surface form: Timor Sea Treaty (historically)
Greater Sunrise gas field governedBy Timor Sea Treaty
this entity surface form: Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea (historically)
Timor Sea Treaty replacedBy Timor Sea Treaty self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea
Timor Gap relatedToTreaty Timor Sea Treaty
this entity surface form: Timor Gap Treaty
Timor Gap relatedToTreaty Timor Sea Treaty