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China-led Scientific Expedition Drills For Oil In WPS
Topic Started: Jan 28 2014, 11:40 PM (521 Views)
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January 27 2014

In a first-of-its-kind exercise for the world’s second-largest economy, an international scientific expedition to look for oil in the South China Sea will set sail from Hong Kong on Tuesday, according to the South China Morning Post. ...

"Oil and gas fields lie close to the coast, but the key is to open the treasure box buried beneath the basin," Wang Pinxian, a marine geologist and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told the Post Monday. ...

The expedition will sail aboard the American scientific drill ship, Joides Resolution, operated by the National Science Foundation, or NSF, the Post reported, adding that the voyage will take the team to waters claimed variously by China, the Philippines and Vietnam.

So far, the ship has received permission from the Philippines and Beijing but is waiting for a response from the Vietnamese government to drill at a site in the southwest part of the South China Sea, the Post reported, citing Divins, adding that the expedition may have to opt for an alternative site.

... findings of the IODP expedition, which includes 13 scientists from mainland China, nine from the U.S. and one from Taiwan, will reportedly be shared around the world, including with countries that are not part of the program.

International Business Times

With a Filipina marine geologist from UP-Diliman aboard according to Nature. International Ocean Discovery Program webpage.

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