Mr Howard says the wrangle over the Sunrise oil and gas field in the
Timor Sea is being portrayed as a struggle between tiny East Timor and
big Australia.
The Greater Sunrise oil and gas field in the Timor Sea has been the
subject of exploration, controversy, and negotiations since it was
first discovered in 1974.
DEVELOPMENT of the Greater Sunrise oil and gas field in the Timor Sea
faces further delay if not longer-term jeopardy after East Timor’s
Secretary of State, Agio Periera, insisted that an LNG processing
the Greater Sunrise oil and gas field (which hangs over the edge of
the Timor Gap area, in disputed waters) to be shared 50:50 between the
two countries.
Sunrise Oil and Gas Field is an Oilfield in the state of Louisiana
(county of Terrebonne), located at latitude - longitude coordinates
(also known as lat-long or GPS coordinates) of
Sunrise Oil and Gas Field is shown in the center of the
topographic (topo) map, which is sourced from the United States
Geographical Survey map USGS Humphreys quad.