The risk of conflict in the South ... extensive reserves of oil and gas. Freedom of navigation in the region is also a contentious issue, especially between the United States and China over ...

Additionally, the South China Sea is rich in fishing resources and has large untapped hydrocarbon reserves including about 11 billion barrels of oil and 190 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, ...

Hu also expects the Philippines to continue to challenge China at multiple spots in the South China Sea regardless of changes in policy from the United States, a treaty ally. However, Manila lacks ...

The Philippines’ vow to maintain its strategy of openly challenging Chinese activities in the South China Sea while avoiding ... with an American company for oil exploration, to increase ...

Under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who took office in mid-2022, the Philippines has aggressively defended its territorial interests in the South China Sea, a key global trading route.

The entire South China Sea, including West Philippine Sea, is believed to be rich in natural resources, especially oil and gas. According to the Philippine Department of Energy, West Philippine Sea ...

A Philippine security official said Tuesday that China is “pushing us to the wall” with growing aggression in the disputed South China Sea and warned that “all options are on the table” for Manila’s ...

In the South China Sea (SCS), a conflict between China and its ... In the past, China has sent oil rigs and survey ships into disputed waters, leading to standoffs with Vietnam’s maritime ...

“The Philippine side, with U.S. support and solicitation, has been stirring up trouble in many spots in the South China Sea,” Wu Qian, a spokesperson for China’s defense ministry, said on ...

The House of Commons’ Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) held a special session on Russian oil exploration in the ... part of the Riiser-Larsen Sea off the coast of Queen Maud Land, an ...

China announced a discovery of 427 million metric tons of oil reserve in the Sanmenxia Basin, setting an example for the oil and gas exploration of small and medium-sized basins nationwide ...