Oracle had no immediate comment on Apple's action. Among those Java users inconvenienced by the unannounced block was the photo department of The Associated Press, which relies on a Java ...

Last year, Apple stopped building its own in-house Java updates, handing responsibility over to Oracle. The company also dropped Java from the default installation of OS X 10.7 Lion in 2010.

Total SA has signed an agreement with Indonesia's PT Easco East Sepanjang to farm into offshore East Sepanjang Block, northeast of Java, with a 49% working interest.