What does JPDA stand for?

The Greater Sunrise fields, believed to contain around 8trillion cubic feet of gas, are located within the Joint Petroleum Development Area of the Timor Sea, about 170km from East Timor.

The field is part of the Joint Petroleum Development Area, shared by East Timor and Australia.

267) Although Australia had exercised jurisdiction over the part of the field lying to the east of the joint petroleum development area (JPDA), that jurisdiction had been pursuant to a prior delimitation agreement with Indonesia that East Timor did not recognize.

Memorandum of Understanding--Timor Sea Arrangement, 5 July 2001 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING The signatories below confirm that the 'Timor Sea Arrangement' forming Attachment A to this understanding is suitable for adoption as an agreement between Australia and East Timor upon East Timor's independence, embodying arrangements for the exploration and exploitation of the Joint Petroleum Development Area pending a final delimitation of the seabed between Australia and East Timor.

13, 2004 ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) today announced that first liquids production began February 10 from the Bayu-Undan field in the Timor Sea Joint Petroleum Development Area (JPDA).

The rig will drill two wells (with the option of one additional well) in the contract area JPDA 06-103 in the Joint Petroleum Development Area ( JPDA ) of the Timor Sea.

Under the agreement, the gas source will be the Bayu-Undan field, located in the Joint Petroleum Development Area in the Timor Sea.

has farmed into Joint Petroleum Development Area Permit 06-103 between Timor Leste and Australia in the Timor Sea.