<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae"><b>Hope for East Timor Gas Resolution</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae">Friends</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae">this contribution is supplied by me but with the permission of the author, oil and gas engineer Geoff McKee. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae">This came about because Jude Conway wanted to have a seminar on this topic in Newcastle. Her guests included Tomas Freitas, and she asked me to help locate McKee, so I asked him what he had come up with. After some fine tuning of the talk, he has made this comprehensive document, and is happy for me to introduce it. One has to view it from Scribd, as it probably would not meet all the etan criteria given the graphics. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/61233103/Fuelling-Timor-leste-Gamckee#fullscreen:on">http://www.scribd.com/doc/61233103/Fuelling-Timor-leste-Gamckee#fullscreen:on</a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae">In my humble opinion it provides a way forward over the stalled development of Greater Sunrise. It is an engineer's view, but from long experience and goodwill. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">(I found one date edit: under Framing the Debate, date should read May 31 2011)</span>. With my different background I probably have slightly different views on some issues. Who cares? It is up to the East Timor nation and its government to take this opportunity to re-start realistic negotiations with the new CEO of Woodside and partners, and vice versa, if they want to gain the benefits of this resource. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae">In brief, McKee proposes ways to bring a share of the gas to East Timor that will enable a secure future if it is used wisely for economic development. eg Clean fuel for major industrial development including the proposed big new power stations, and provide LPG and other products as required for home and business users. I have 2 recent reports on my computer, headed: 1. 'Leader hopes for East Timor gas resolution', view of JR Horta; and 2. 'Gusmao called on Australia to help TL-LNG'. Clearly East Timor leaders want to progress this issue, and clearly Woodside and partners want to develop the field. I say: over to the level heads who are prepared to carefully study the real issues and needs, costs and benefits.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/61233103/Fuelling-Timor-leste-Gamckee#fullscreen:on">http://www.scribd.com/doc/61233103/Fuelling-Timor-leste-Gamckee#fullscreen:on</a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(20, 79, 174); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(20, 79, 174); ">Rob Wesley-Smith, Darwin</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae"><a href="mailto:rwesley@ozemail.com.au">rwesley@ozemail.com.au</a> 08 89832113</font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae"><br></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae"></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae"></font></body></html>