2018 Maritime Boundaries Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste

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The 2018 Maritime Boundaries Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste is a bilateral agreement that definitively delineates the two countries’ maritime borders and establishes a framework for sharing revenues from key offshore oil and gas resources in the Timor Sea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
international agreement
maritime boundary agreement
addresses jurisdiction over water column
sovereign rights over seabed resources
allocates majority share of Greater Sunrise upstream revenue to Timor-Leste
alsoKnownAs Treaty between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Establishing Their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea
category Treaties of Australia
Treaties of East Timor
contains provisions on joint development of petroleum resources
provisions on unitisation of transboundary petroleum fields
country1 Australia
country2 Timor-Leste
coversArea Timor Sea
creates special regime for the Greater Sunrise gas fields
dateSigned 2018-03-06
defines continental shelf boundary between Australia and Timor-Leste
exclusive economic zone boundary between Australia and Timor-Leste
depositedWith Secretary-General of the United Nations
enteredIntoForce 2019-08-30
enteredIntoForceOnAnniversaryOf 20th anniversary of Timor-Leste’s 1999 independence referendum
establishes median line maritime boundary between Australia and Timor-Leste
permanent maritime boundary in the Timor Sea
includes revenue sharing arrangements for Greater Sunrise
language English
legalBasis United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
negotiatedUnder compulsory conciliation procedures of UNCLOS
predecessor provisional resource-sharing arrangements in the Timor Sea
purpose to delimit maritime boundaries between Australia and Timor-Leste
to establish a framework for sharing revenues from offshore oil and gas resources in the Timor Sea
region Oceania
Southeast Asia
regulates development of Greater Sunrise petroleum resources
replaces Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea (CMATS) Treaty
Timor Sea Treaty
resultedFrom UN conciliation between Australia and Timor-Leste (2016–2018)
signedAt United Nations Headquarters
signedBy Government of Australia
Government of Timor-Leste
signedIn New York City
status in force
subjectMatter maritime delimitation
offshore petroleum resources
revenue sharing
year 2018

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Greater Sunrise gas field governedBy 2018 Maritime Boundaries Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste
Timor Sea Treaty relatedAgreement Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty 2018
linked to: 2018 Maritime Boundaries Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste
Greater Sunrise subjectOf Australia–Timor-Leste maritime boundary negotiations
linked to: 2018 Maritime Boundaries Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste
Greater Sunrise subjectOf 2018 Treaty Between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Establishing Their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea
linked to: 2018 Maritime Boundaries Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste
Greater Sunrise revenueSharingFramework Australia–Timor-Leste maritime boundary treaty
linked to: 2018 Maritime Boundaries Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste
Sunrise field relatedAgreement 2018 Australia–Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty
linked to: 2018 Maritime Boundaries Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste
JPDA Treaty relatedTo Treaty on Maritime Boundaries between Timor-Leste and Australia
linked to: 2018 Maritime Boundaries Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste
2018 Maritime Boundaries Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste alsoKnownAs Treaty between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Establishing Their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea
linked to: 2018 Maritime Boundaries Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste