Drawing Lines at Sea: Australia’s Five Decades of Maritime Boundary Delimitation

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 233-260
Author(s):  
Andreas Østhagen
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Maritime Boundary ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
Boundary Making ◽  
Maritime Disputes ◽  
Core Questions ◽  
Maritime Boundary Delimitation

Abstract Boundaries in the ocean are man-made constructs of importance to everything from oil and gas production, to fisheries and environmental protection. How do states delineate such ownership and rights? These are the core questions examined in this article, which studies Australia’s maritime boundary agreements, starting with Indonesia in 1971 and ending with Timor-Leste in 2019. In addition to depicting and documenting the main drivers and impediments to these agreements whenever Australia has had to negotiate with a third country, it examines Australia’s approach to boundary-making at sea more generally. Drawing on international law and political science, this article shows why we need understand the interplay between security politics, legal considerations and domestic interests in order to understand what motivates states to settle their maritime disputes.

Law and Diplomacy, Sovereignty and Consent

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-39
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Sheehy
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
Maritime Boundary ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The Law ◽  
Expert Commission ◽  
Maritime Boundary Delimitation

Abstract This article reflects on the first-ever compulsory conciliation under the law of the sea and its significance to international law and diplomacy. The conditions for ending the dispute between Timor-Leste and Australia were only created through a genuine combination of both law and diplomacy as facilitated by an expert commission. Through successive milestones, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (unclos) conciliation framework and the conciliation commission itself, was able to successfully shift the reluctant State (Australia) from resistance, to engagement, and ultimately, to resolution. The conciliation also showed how Timor-Leste’s sovereign interpretation of maritime rights under international law was a compelling argument in the context of historical factors and its self-determination. Ultimately, a treaty was agreed through the conciliation despite competing views of international law’s relationship to diplomacy and indeed on maritime boundary delimitation methodology itself. A reflection on this triumph of the liberal international order is beneficial for both Timor-Leste and Australia as they seek further cooperation under the new treaty, and for other States facing entrenched disputes as well.

Colorado areas of oil and gas production

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard F. Mast ◽  
D.H. Root ◽  
L.P. Williams ◽  
W.R. Beeman
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production

SANICRO 41

Alloy Digest ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Corrosion Resistance ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Heat Treating ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Corrosion Resistant ◽  
Corrosion Resistant Alloy ◽  
Nickel Base

Abstract SANDVIK SANICRO 41 is a nickel-base corrosion resistant alloy with a composition balanced to resist both oxidizing and reducing environments. A high-strength version (110) is available for oil and gas production. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, and joining. Filing Code: Ni-475. Producer or source: Sandvik.

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