An out-of-court settlement may be the best way to resolve the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea. But the government should not move on its own while East Nusa Tenggara seaweed farmers' class action is still underway at the Sydney Federal Court, Australia.

The government needs a breakthrough in the dispute implicating Petroleum Authority of Thailand Exploration and Production (PTTEP) Australasia, a subsidiary of PTT Public Company Limited, a Thai