RE: Drill or drop decision..19 Apr 2023 11:52
Its the current target date, would not be the first time
Boil adjusted a deadline date, lol
All will depend on, if we get a top company that can drill offshore onboard
or a consortium taking us out completely, next door Sunrise was originally
3 Majors plus Osaka city gas (for a cut of end product)
Area still in Limbo, all sitting on the fence, none of new bid round licenses PSC's
signed off (was due by Jun/July 2022) apart from those with the locals themselves.
All appear to be still waiting to see what happens, potential Gusmao, who stranded
all the gas in the first place, prompting the majors to leave, could be back as PM next
month (election late May/legals etc might not have a final decision until early June)
Plus the biggy, WILL Woodside finally agree, to what the Island has demanded for over
20 years, its own Industry , with mass local employment (not foreign/contractors etc)
If not , will they as threatened, dump Woodside and go elsewhere and with who ?
Will they keep Gusmao's original decree, ALL comes to TL, or finally give clarity and
honour PSC's and company wishes.
Shell , Conoco twice denied , Darwin and FLNG 2001/2008, so left they had PSC but
at the time was Australian, before the boundaries finally set in 2019.
They have since played double standards, saying as the largest % of the project now
all should bend to their wishes, yet denied the majors twice, when TL held 0% of
the asset.