Timor-Leste: Oil and Gas Is Timor-Leste's Ticket to Prosperity. Is This Impoverished Nation Blowing Its One Chance?

Jul 21, 2019 | Anne Barker and Michael Barnett, ABC News
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East Timor is almost wholly reliant on oil and gas for its revenue. But rather than pocket the royalties from offshore processing without spending a cent, as it does with the existing Bayu Undan field, it is determined to build its own facilities. The Tasi Mane project includes plans for an LNG plant, a refinery, an industrial base, seaports, a second airport and a highway linking them all along the entire south coast.