Re - Getting Warmer...30 Jun 2023 07:39
Kylie good find mate, it does appear the island of Timor is practically broke financially with extreme poverty, no infrastructure, poor education lack of all basics, even food poverty. I would not really take much notice from any government change but given that the situation is dire it does appear Gusmao has little choice that his only real source of the size of income required to build roads, education centres, hospitals etc can only come from the oil & gas that is sitting in their waters.
Quite a large part of that bulletin was about Greater Sunrise and the need to develop as quickly as is practicable, the tone seemed quite aggressive in the timescale, i.e. if Australia continue to drag their feet they will not hesitate to go to China. I know we have heard it all before but now that the election is out of the way he is free to move things along with either party. Interesting that China are more than happy to be a sole partner and go it alone and that several talks have taken place in the past. China really do back up the saying 'You have to speculate to accumulate' and are funding projects all over the globe, and heavily in Africa who have probably more riches in minerals of all nature than anywhere else in the world and know the bulk of African countries do not have the wealth or know how to tap in to them.
This then begs the question if Sundagas would then be thrown in to the mix of Greater Sunrise as a sweetener for any nation prepared to spend the volume of money involved to bring to production. It could be a silly offer as an outright sale or part of a JV scheme, more likely imo. Either way a final result for Boil.
As you state in your headline it reads to me its time to get things moving that patience has worn thin over the previous years snail's pace and that is now not going to accepted. It sounds as though the people of Timor will be expecting Gusmao to fulfil his election / manifesto promises.
atb.