Oil in troubled waters

Official and business euphoria over the Timor sea exploitation agreement between. Jakarta and Canberra should not obscure its potential legal, technical and environmental problems.In issue number 44 of Maritime Studies we published a brief report on the Australia Indonesia Zone of Cooperation in the Timor Gap. We now publish a critical discussion of this agreement. The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Centre for Maritime Studies. The paper was originally published in Inside Indonesia, December 1988 and is reproduced with permission.